Lalita Babar is an indian long distance runner was born 2 june 1989. she is from a small village in maharastra. she got the sports person award in 2015. she won her first gold medal at u20 national championship in pune. at the 2014 asian games at incheon(south korea) she wons the bronze medal with a time of 9:35:37.she broke the national record in that.
At the 2015 asian championships she won the gold medal with a time of 9:34:13. she broke her own record in that. by this she qualified for the summer olympics 2016. once again she broke her record by 9:27:86 in beijing 2015 world championships.
And in 2016 summer olympics rio 2016 she broke her own record with a time of 9:19:76 and qualifies for the finals of 3000 metres of steeplechase.
She is the first indian women to enter the final in olympic history.
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