Olympian Ankita Dhyani broke the women’s 2000m steeplechase national record while winning gold at the Grand Slam Jerusalem athletics meet in Israel.

Dhyani, 23, clocked a time of 6:13.92 seconds to better the previous national mark of 6:14.38, held by Parul Chaudhary.

With the ranking points she earned from the win on Thursday, Ankita boosted her chances of qualifying for 3000m steeplechase, at the World Championships in Tokyo next month, through the world ranking quota.