Bhubaneswar, May 3 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s Baranica Elangovan continued her remarkable run in the women’s pole vault, breaking the national record for the second time in just over a month at the Bhubaneswar Indoor Stadium on Sunday. The 29-year-old cleared 4.23m on her third attempt to surpass her previous mark of 4.22m, which she had set at the inaugural National Indoor Athletics Championships at the same venue in late March. The Indoor Stadium has clearly been a favourable arena for the vaulte…
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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…
Tumkur, April 26 (IANS) Abhay Singh continued his superb performance by adding the 200m title to the 100m one he claimed two days back to complete a grand double as several national and meet records were improved on the final day of the 24th National Junior (U20) Athletics Federation Competition at the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Karnataka in Tumkur on Sunday.The majority of the medal winners also achieved the Asian junior qualification mark in their respective events. Sprinter Abhay Singh, repres…
Tumkur, April 25 (IANS) Three national junior records highlighted the second day of the 24th National Junior (U20) Athletics Federation Competition at Tumkur’s Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Karnataka on Saturday.On a day when several athletes achieved new heights, Army’s Asian junior silver medalist Nitin Gupta set a new benchmark in men’s U20 5,000m race walk.Uttar Pradesh long jumper Shahnavaz Khan also entered his names in record books.Kerala’s talented sprinter Mohammed Ashfaq hogged the…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) Tamil Nadu’s 27-year-old international quarter-miler Rajesh Ramesh stamped his authority in the season opener competition in Thiruvananthapuram on Saturday. On his way to winning gold in the men’s Race A at the Seventh Indian Open 400m Competition 2026 in Kerala, Ramesh posted a time 45.26 seconds, which was better than his personal best of 45.54 seconds posted in 2024.Post 2024 Paris Olympic Games Ramesh was sidelined due to nagging injuries but made a go…