Ranchi, May 24 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh’s talented athletes—Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar raised the bar to 5.45m to set national record in the men’s pole vault on the penultimate day of the 29th National Senior Athletics Federation Competition here in Ranchi.Both the athletes bettered the previous national men’s pole vault record of 5.41m, but Dev Kumar Meena walked away with the gold medal while Kuldeep Kumar settled for silver (on countdown). The previous record of 5.41m was set rece…
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Bhubaneswar, May 2 (IANS) Kuldeep Kumar, representing Madhya Pradesh, won a battle of wits to set the national men’s pole vault record on the opening day of the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition at the Indoor Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday.The 21-year-old cleared the height of 5.41m in his first attempt to better the national record of 5.40m set last year by Dev Kumar Meena. Kuldeep Kumar also improved the national indoor record of 5.30m set earlier in…
Bhubaneswar, May 1 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh rising pole vaulter Dev Kumar Meena has chalked out his plans for the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition. The two-day competition will start on Saturday here at Bhubaneswar’s Indoor Stadium.Fourteen pole vaulters will compete in the men’s event scheduled for opening day of the Indoor meet. Other prominent competitors in fray are Kuldeep Kumar from Madhya Pradesh Reegan G from Tamil Nadu.“My goal here in Bhubanesw…