New Delhi: Jora Singh was grinning from ear to ear. The Haryana boy could not believe his luck after setting a national record in decathlon in the Federation Cup Athletics meet at the Nehru Stadium here on Thursday.

Bengal’s Pinki Pramanik made the finals of the 400m. She clocked 54:18 in the semis.

The record could have been Kulwinder’s. Even P.J. Vinod had a chance to grab it. But both got injured and it cleared the deck for Jora, who scored 7502 points in the end.

Kulwinder Singh held the existing record of 7325 points, which he did at Chennai in August last year. But here, he was forced to drop out after three events on Wednesday.

Vinod gave Jora a hot chase only to suffer an ankle injury on his left knee during the pole vault event. Vinod was visibly not at his best in javelin and 1500m and had to remain content with the silver. He scored 7382 points. Ram Niwas of Haryana, with 6997 points, finished third.

Meanwhile, there were apprehensions that people from World Anti Doping Agency (WADA), who were in Patiala on Wednesday to test the weightlifters, will be in the capital on Thursday. But there was no sign of them. Some in the athletics circle, however, feel that two doctors from WADA may show up on Friday when the 16 finals are slated.