Bhubaneswar, June 24 (IANS) Dev Kumar Meena continued his rapid ascent in Indian athletics by setting a new men’s pole vault national record at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2026 in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.Competing at the Kalinga Stadium, the young vaulter cleared 5.46m, breaking the national record and meeting the qualification standard for the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.Anushka Yadav goes big in hammer throwThere was another national record in women’s ham…
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Patiala, March 7 (IANS) Two-time Asian Games champion, Tajinderpal Singh Toor, showed early form as he won the gold medal in the men’s shot put competition on the opening day of the two-day 5th Indian Open Throws Competition at Patiala’s National Institute of Sports Campus in Punjab on Saturday.The 31-year-old seasoned shot putter hurled the iron ball to a distance of 20.51m, a season best, to win gold. “I’m satisfied with my performance,” Toor said after the competition. Of the six atte…