Krishna Jayasankar set history at the 2025 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championship by becoming the first Indian woman to breach the 16-m mark in the 2025 Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championship in Albuquerque.
The 22-old threw the iron sphere to a new distance of 16.03 metres, bettering the previous record of 15.54m by Maharashtra’s Poornarao Rane, another student residing in the United States.
The male record belongs to Tajinder Pal Singh who threw the shot put to 21.49m.
She clinched the bronze medal ahead of Colorado State’s Makayla Long (15.9m) who was in contention of a medal till the last round.
Jayasankar is the daughter of former basketball internationals Prasanna and Asia All Star Jayasankar Menon in Chennai.
Top-10 Indian Indoor Marks in Women Shot Put:
16.03m Krishna Jayasankar 2025
15.54m Poorna Raorane 2023
15.21m Manpreet Kaur 2016
14.80m Abha Khatua 2023
12.74m JJ Shobha 2008
12.67m Neelam Jakhar 2009
12.25m Sowmiya Murugan 2023
12.13m Swapna Barman 2023
11.52m Purnima Hembram 2017
11.15m Pooja Jose 2002
Progression of Indian indoor bests:
11.15m Pooja Merita Jose 2002 Rasht, IRI
12.74m J J Shobha 2008 Doha, QAT
15.21m Manpreet Kaur 2016 Doha, QAT
15.54m Poorna Raorane 2023 Birmingham, USA
16.03m Krishna Jayasankar 2025 Albuquerque, USA
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