Mohammed Afsal sets new national record in 800m in Poland

Mumbai, Jul 5: Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath became the first Indian runner to break the 1:45 barrier in men’s 800m, clocking 1:44.93 and smashing his own national record in the Memoriał Czesława Cybulskiego in Pozna, Poland on Saturday.

Afsal, who won a silver medal in men’s 800m in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, finished sixth in Heat A/1 of the event with his personal best timing of 1:44.93.

With this, Mohammed Afsal improved on the previous mark of 1:45.61 set by himself at the UAE Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai in 2025.