Jharkhand's Emanuel Kisku sets national record, wins gold in 80m hurdles

Ranchi, Oct 25 (UNI) Jharkhand athlete Emanuel Kisku won gold in the 80-metre hurdles at the 41st National Junior Athletics Championships in Chennai, setting a new national record of 10.10 seconds. Kisku, a trainee at the residential boys' athletics training centre at Sido Kanhu Stadium in Sahibganj, run by the Jharkhand government's sports department, improved his own record in the final on the second day of the competition, according to a press release issued by the Jharkhand Athletics Association. The championship is being held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, from October 23 to 27. Kisku is training…