Niharika Vashisht didn’t ease into her season—she made a statement.
At the Indian Athletics Series–3 in New Delhi, she won the women’s triple jump with a best effort of 13.41m, breaching the Asian Games qualification mark in her very first competition of the year. In a field where she was the only athlete to go beyond 13 metres, the gap was clear.
What stood out even more was how she did it. Vashisht competed with just a 10-stride approach, a controlled setup that still produced distance and consistency across the series.
Her progression through the rounds reflected that control: 12.84m to open, a foul, then 13.29m and 13.25m to settle into rhythm before peaking at 13.41m. Another foul closed out the series, but by then, the job was done.
Early-season meets are often about finding timing. Vashisht, instead, found a mark that matters.