Chennai, Aug. 21 -- Vishal TK broke the national record with a sublime performance in the men's 400m event at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2025 at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Thursday.

Visha, a 21-year-old Indian athlete, blazed his way to the top of the podium and clinched the gold medal after clocking 45.12 seconds, toppling the previous national mark of 45.21 seconds, held by Muhammed Anas Yahiya at the 2019 Czech Athletics Championships, according to Olympics.com.

Paris 2024 Olympian Rajesh Ramesh (46.04s) and Vikrant Panchal (46.17s) settled silver and bronze, respectively. Vishal was a part of the Indian relay teams that won the gold medal in the mixed 4x400m and silver in the men's 4x400m...