Baranica Elangovan with a 4.22m effort within the inaugural Nationwide indoor athletics championship on the Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
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Tamil Nadu’s Baranica Elangovan went previous Rosy Meena Paulraj’s Nationwide report with a mark of 4.22m to win the ladies’s pole vault title on the opening day of the inaugural Nationwide Indoor athletics championships on the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday.
Baranica, who surpassed Rosy’s 2022 mark of 4.21m, was delighted together with her effort. “It’s a superb day for me, I entered my title within the report books. I had been attempting exhausting to cross 4.20m however immediately turned out to be my fortunate day,” mentioned the 29-year-old, who went for 4.25m however couldn’t obtain it.
Native favorite Sarun Payasingh, a footballer-turned athlete, upset Praveen Chithravel to take the boys’s lengthy leap crown with a private greatest of seven.80m, achieved in his second try. Chithravel was second with 7.78m, additionally recorded in his second try, following a eager contest with Sarun.
Printed – March 24, 2026 11:18 pm IST