Ancy Sojan created history by breaking Anju Bobby George's 22-year-old national record in the women's long jump during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneshwar on Saturday. The 25-year-old registered a leap of 6.88m to surpass Anju's previous national record of 6.83m, which was set at the 2004 Athens Olympics.Following her record-breaking performance, Sojan dedicated her gold medal to her father, saying it fulfilled his dream of having a national record holder in the family.— Media_SAI (@Media_SAI) Ancy Sojan surpasses national recordSpeaking in a press release issued by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), Sojan said her initial target was to improve upon her personal best of 6.75m, achieved four weeks ago in Ranchi.She opened the competition with a jump of 6.73m before recording a no mark on her second attempt. Her third and fourth jumps measured 6.67m and 6.72m respectively. She then produced the record-breaking leap of 6.88m on her fifth attempt before finishing with 6.69m in her final jump."My goal today was to record a personal best of 6.75m recorded four weeks ago in Ranchi," Sojan said.Gold medal dedicated to fatherSojan said the historic achievement was a tribute to her father."He wanted someone in the family to be a national record holder. The gold medal will be a precious gift to him," she said.The long jumper also reflected on the challenges she faced last year due to health issues, which forced her to take a break from competition."It was mentally and physically challenging. I'm happy to have made a comeback that too ahead of the Aichi Nagoya Asian Games starting September 19," she said.Sarvesh Kushare sets new men's high jump national recordMaharashtra's Sarvesh Anil Kushare also entered the record books after clearing 2.31m in the men's high jump to set a new national record. The previous mark of 2.29m was established by Tejaswin Shankar in 2018.Kushare attempted 2.35m after setting the record but was unsuccessful."I was feeling good. I got a big boost when I cleared 2.27m. Thereafter, I pushed and made an attempt to break the national record," Kushare said. He cleared the record height on his third attempt.Meet records fall in 1500m and 400m hurdlesThe championships also witnessed new meet records in other events. Uttar Pradesh's Yoonus Shah erased Bahadur Prasad's men's 1500m meet record of 3:40.10 by clocking 3:37.55.Yashas P improved the men's 400m hurdles meet record with a winning time of 49.14 seconds, bettering his previous record of 49.37 seconds.Several medal winners also achieved the qualification mark for the Japan Asian Games in their respective events.