STAT CHECK OF INDOOR MARKS IN SHOT PUT

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 (Courtesy: Ram Murali Krishnan)

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Krishna Jayasankar, 22, throws shot put at 16.03, sets Indian indoor record with a bronze at Albuquerque

Krishna, who has had training stints in Jamaica and NCAA in Texas, is daughter of basketball internationals Prasanna and Jayasankar Menon in Chenna

Krishna Jayasankar, 22, is a shot put athlete. (Special arrangement)

Krishna Jayasankar, 22, won bronze at the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championship (Special arrangement)

Krishna Jayasankar currently studying in Texas, United States, sent happy tidings from the Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championship held in Albuquerque, as she became the new record-holder in indoor shot put among the Indian women.

The 22-year-old Krishna tossed the iron sphere to a new distance of 16.03 metres that bettered the previous Indian indoor best of 15.54m by Maharashtra’s Poornarao Rane, another US residing student athlete.

Krishna ended with a bronze medal for her effort which came in the last round, pushing Colorado State’s Makayla Long to the fourth spot as she was holding a medal chance with 15.98m until the last round.

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The youngster is the second daughter of former basketball internationals Prasanna and Asia All Star Jayasankar Menon in Chennai.

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STAT CHECK OF INDOOR MARKS IN SHOT PUT
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

(Courtesy: Ram Murali Krishnan)

Krishna stayed in contention till last round but two other Colorado throwers finished in the top two with Mya Lensar (19.02) and Gabby Morns (17.09) delivering better marks in Albuquerque.

With her medal on Sunday, Krishna got selected to take part in the American inter-University NCAA indoor Championships to be held on March 14-15 in Virginia Beach.

It’s been a good week for Indians in indoor meets in the States with distance running star Gulveer Singh posting a highly impressive 12:59.77 in 5000m to become the first Indian to clock a sub-13 minutes performance, helping the Asia mark qualify him for World’s. India has one high-quality indoor track available in Bhubaneswar.