# Yash Mulik breaks U18 national record at junior athletics meet

2026-10-26T00:20:31+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 2 independent outlets

Maharashtra’s Yash Mulik broke his own U18 national record in the 110m hurdles, winning gold in 13.29 seconds at the National Junior Athletics Championships in Chennai on Sunday, 25 October 2026. The time bettered his previous mark of 13.40 seconds set recently in Ludhiana. In the men’s U20 110m hurdles, Kerala’s Fasalul Haque took gold in 13.69 seconds, a meet record. Telangana’s Sriteja Tholem won the women’s U20 100m hurdles in 14.10 seconds. Multiple other national and meet records were set across age-group events, including the boys’ U16 80m hurdles and the U14 kids’ javelin.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

The Meghalayan Express and Telangana Today both lead with different gold medallists from the same event, reflecting distinct local angles: The Meghalayan Express front-loads Maharashtra’s Yash Mulik’s U18 national record, while Telangana Today gives top billing to Telangana’s Sriteja Tholem’s U20 gold. Both outlets provide straight wire-copy results with no discernible slant, sticking to times, names and meet records. The coverage is uniform in substance, differing only in which athlete each chose to headline. Neither source offers a next step or names a future meet, the story remains a straight report of the championship’s final day in Chennai on Sunday, 25 October 2026.

## Coverage

Coverage: 2 sources, 2 neutral
- themeghalayanexpress.com (neutral report) <https://themeghalayanexpress.com/maharashtras-yash-mulik-breaks-u18-national-110m-hurdles-record/>
  Leads with Mulik's record, local angle for Maharashtra
- telanganatoday.com (neutral report) <https://telanganatoday.com/sriteja-tholem-clocks-14-10-seconds-to-win-u20-hurdles-gold>
  Leads with Sriteja Tholem's gold, local angle for Telangana

This brief was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above, so one read covers every framing they carry.

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