Dev Kumar Meena (ANI Photo) Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar produced one of the highlights of the National Senior Athletics Federation competition after breaking the national pole vault record in a dramatic competition on Sunday. Representing Madhya Pradesh, the two training partners cleared a distance of 5.45m, a mark set recently by Kuldeep Kumar…
Pranati Naik of India (AP Photo) After missing the Gymnastics National Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar earlier this month due to injury, Pranathy Naik made a strong comeback to win silver in the vault event at the FIG World Challenge Cup 2026 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Saturday.Pranthi, who trains at the Odisha AM/NS…
Tamil Nadu’s Barnika Elangovan improved her own pole vault national record by clearing 4.23m on the second day of the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault competition at the Kalinga Stadium Indoor Athletics Center in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.Elangwon had set the previous national mark of 4.22m during the first national indoor athletics…
KOLKATA: In January this year, pole vaulter Kuldeep Kumar and colleague Dev Kumar Meena were removed from their train and briefly detained at Puneol railway station in Maharashtra after ticket inspectors objected to them carrying their batons inside the coach, calling the contraption “steel pipes”.Kuldeep had a befitting reply on Saturday when he broke the…