Dubai, May 10 -- Indian athlete Mohammed Afsal broke the men's 800 m national record at the UAE Athletics Grand Prix 2025 in Dubai.

On Friday, while competing at Dubai Police Club Stadium, the 29-year-old Afsal, with a time of one minute and 45.61 seconds (1:45.61), secured the second spot in a 10-man field, as per Olympics.com.

The top spot was secured by Kenya's Nicholas Kiplagat (1:45.38) while South Africa's Christopher Swart finished second with 1:45.84.

Afsal's time was 0.04 seconds faster than the previous national record holder, Jinson Johnson, who clocked the timings of 1:45.65 during the 2018 National Inter-State Championships in Guwahati.

Afsal is also an Asian Games silver medalist, having won it in the 2022 edition at Han...