Vithya Ramraj, a 39-year-old record holder in the 400 meter hurdle meet

At the Sree Kanteerava Stadium, Bengaluru in the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships, Vithya Ramraj created history by breaking a record that had stood unbeaten for as many as 39 years in women's 400-meter hurdles. She finished the race in 56.23 seconds, setting a new record and breaking P.T Usha's earlier mark of 1985 (56.80sec).

Indian Athletics Championships: Importance And Performances

• Vithya Ramraj 400m hurdles record break is of historic significance in Indian athletics.
• The Queen of Indian Track and Field, P.T. Usha rose in stature.
• Nithin breaks men's 200m meet record (20.66 seconds; Tamil Nadu)
• Few other impressive showings were P. Mohammed's 1:48.10 in the men`s 800m, Abhishek who timed a quick race over his favourite event -men's 10000m to stop clock at (29;48.18) and Aman with a timing of just around half-a-second within Olympic qualification standard-50..52 seconds,in Men's400mh.
• Ancy Sojan best woman athlete (Women's) 6.71 meters long Jump
• Railways emerged champions in the women's team and Services topped among men as well, which helped them fetch the overall trophies.