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Pole vault national record bettered twice as Dev, Kuldeep try to outdo each other | Sports News

Pole vault national record bettered twice as Dev, Kuldeep try to outdo each other | Sports News

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3 min readUpdated: May 25, 2026 12:31 AM IST Day Three of Federation Cup looked to be meandering unlike Saturday when three national records were broken, till pole vaulters Dev Meena and Kuldeep Yadav took centrestage. The duo, who train together at the Madhya Pradesh Academy, broke the national record twice and equalled it once. It was Meena who first cleared 5.42m, improving the national mark set by Kuldeep earlier this year by a centimetre. Minutes later, Kuldeep went past the 5.45m mark to reclaim the national record. Meena was not done for the day and equalled the mark to share bragging rights. Both attempted 5.50m but couldn’t clear the mark. Meena won the gold medal on countback as his second-best attempt was 5.42m while Kuldeep’s was 5.30m. “We had the 5.50m mark in mind when we came here. We went for that but I’m glad that our boys could improve the national record,” said Ghanshyam Yadav, the coach who trains both athletes. Training together and competing against each other have made both better at …

Dev Meena, Kuldeep Kumar set men’s pole vault national record

Dev Meena, Kuldeep Kumar set men’s pole vault national record

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The national record breaking spree in Indian athletics continued on Sunday as Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar broke the men’s pole vault national record at the 2026 Federation Cup in Ranchi on Sunday. Both Dev and Kuldeep cleared a height of 5.45m and now jointly hold the national record in the event. While Dev took the gold medal in the competition, his training partner Kuldeep took home a silver. The previous Indian national record in men’s pole vault stood at 5.41m. It was set earlier in the year by Kuldeep at the Kalinga Indoor Stadium, bettering Dev’s old record of 5.40m. In Ranchi, the two vaulters were at it again and it was Dev, who first broke the shackles with a clearance of 5.42m to reclaim his national record. Kuldeep improved it to 5.45m just minutes later, before Dev also cleared the distance comfortably to level up. They later went up to 5.50m but failed to cross the barrier. Dev and Kuldeep, both of whom train under coach Ghanshyam Yadav at the MP Athletics Academy, …

Baranica Elangovan breaks pole vault national record with a 4.22m mark | Sport-others News

Baranica Elangovan breaks pole vault national record with a 4.22m mark | Sport-others News

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2 min readMay 3, 2026 10:49 PM IST Tamil Nadu pole vaulter Baranica Elangovan has found a new happy hunting ground at the Kalinga Indoor Athletics Stadium as she improved her five-week-old own national record during the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition on Sunday. Baranica cleared 4.23m to better her own previous national record of 4.22m set at the inaugural edition of National Indoor Championships held in the last week of March at the same venue. The 29-year-old crossed 4.23m on her third attempt.”It was another good day for me,” said Baranica who has shifted base from Tamil Nadu to Bhubaneswar. Earlier in March, she crossed the 4.22m mark to break it for the first time. “It was an emotional moment for us because we have been trying so hard for the past three years to break the national record,” Baranica had told the Indian Express. Her dream to become the best pole vaulter in the country didn’t come true earlier because of an injury setback. Six years ago an …

Baranica Elangovan breaks women’s Pole Vault National Record again with 4.23m

Baranica Elangovan breaks women’s Pole Vault National Record again with 4.23m

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Baranica Elangovan set a new national record in women’s pole vault, clearing 4.23m at the Bhubaneswar Indoor Stadium, improving her own mark within a span of five weeks. The Tamil Nadu athlete, now training in Bhubaneswar, surpassed her previous national record of 4.22m, which she had set at the National Indoor Athletics Championships in March at the same venue. She achieved the new mark on her third attempt, continuing her strong run of form. Combined events see strong performances In the men’s heptathlon, Thowfeeq N of NCOE Trivandrum secured gold with 5350 points, maintaining his lead from Day One. Usaid Khan of the Army and Jashbir Nayak of Odisha finished second and third respectively. In the U20 category, Kirthik Vasan S of Tamil Nadu clinched the men’s heptathlon title with 4609 points. The women’s pentathlon was won by Purnima Hembram of Odisha with 3835 points, while Isha Chandra Prakash and Bidisha Kundu completed the podium. In the U20 women’s pentathlon, Jaskiran Kaur of Uttarakhand emerged victorious with 3272 points. Baranica’s latest national record highlights her …

Kuldeep Kumar nets new national pole vault record with 5.41m jump

Kuldeep Kumar nets new national pole vault record with 5.41m jump

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Kuldeep Kumar set a new national record in men’s pole vault, clearing 5.41m at the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition. The athlete from Madhya Pradesh achieved the mark in his first attempt, surpassing the previous national record of 5.40m held by Dev Kumar Meena. The effort also improved the indoor national record of 5.30m set earlier this year by Reegan G. Kuldeep attempted to push further by going for 5.46m but was unable to clear the height. Nevertheless, his successful jump at 5.41m secured him the top spot and established a new benchmark in Indian pole vault. Competition sees strong performances across field Reegan G finished second with a best effort of 5.25m, while former record holder Dev Kumar Meena had to settle for third place after clearing 5.20m. Meena, who had equalled his national record earlier this year at an international event in Taiwan, was unable to find rhythm during the competition and failed in his attempts at 5.35m. Despite finishing third, Meena welcomed the new record, noting that …

Kuldeep Kumar breaks Pole Vault national record, vaults 5.41m | Sport-others News

Kuldeep Kumar breaks Pole Vault national record, vaults 5.41m | Sport-others News

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2 min readMay 2, 2026 08:54 PM IST Indian pole vaulter rewrote the men’s national record on Saturday after recording 5.41m mark at the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition in Bhubaneswar. He cleared the mark of 5.41m in his first attempt and decided to go for 5.46m but failed to cross that mark. He broke the national recod of 5.40m set last year by Dev Kumar Meena and also improved the national indoor record of 5.30m set earlier in March by Reegan G of Tamil Nadu. This was first time that Kuldeep has participated in an indoor Pole Vault competition. “It was a good day for me. It was a good experience today,” said Kuldeep Kumar after making the national record. Dev, the former record holder and one of the best pole vaulters in the country, struggled to get his rhythm going and settled for a bronze medal this time with a mark of 5.20m. He tried thrice at the 5.35m but failed. Meanwhile, former Indoor NR holder, Reegan G …

Kush Maini storms to pole at F2 Miami debut

Kush Maini storms to pole at F2 Miami debut

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Kush Maini took pole position at the FIA Formula 2 Championship’s debut race weekend in Miami on May 1-3 at the Miami International Autodrome. The championship arrived in Miami under unusual circumstances after the cancellations of the Bahrain and Saudi Arabia rounds, which created a relatively even playing field for all teams and drivers early in the season. With Formula 2 racing at the Miami International Autodrome for the first time, drivers entered the weekend with very little prior knowledge of the new circuit. Maini looked comfortable from the start. He finished second in practice, just 0.016 seconds behind Colton Herta, and stayed inside the top five throughout the 30-minute qualifying session, showing strong and consistent pace as he quickly adapted to the track. In qualifying, the ART Grand Prix driver delivered a superb final lap, setting a time of 1:39.888 to take the Aramco Pole Position Award. He finished ahead of Rafael Camara by 0.033 seconds, while Martinius Stenshorne took third place, just 0.050 seconds behind, in an extremely tight session. Maini joined ART …

Spotlight on pole vaulters at Indian Indoor Open in Bhubaneswar

Spotlight on pole vaulters at Indian Indoor Open in Bhubaneswar

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Bhubaneswar, National record holders Dev Kumar Meena of Madhya Pradesh and Baranica Elangovan of Tamil Nadu will be among the top draws in the inaugural Indian Indoor Open Combined Events and Pole Vault Competition which begins here on Saturday. Spotlight on pole vaulters at Indian Indoor Open in Bhubaneswar The two-day meet is being held at the state-of-the-art Indoor facility at the Kalinga Stadium complex here, which had hosted the inaugural National Indoor Championships in March. The facility is also hosting the World Indoor Championships in 2028. Meena has had an impressive performance graph this season. In March, he equalled his national record during an invitational meet in Taiwan. “My goal here in Bhubaneswar is to do my personal best. I enjoyed my practice sessions at Kalinga Stadium Indoor facility. I’m ready to do my best.”,” the-20-year-old said. The men’s pole vault qualification criteria set by Athletics Federation of India for the 2026 Glasgow Commonwealth Games is 5.25m. The qualification mark for women is 4.45m. The men’s qualification standard for the Asian Games in Japan …

Guardiola turns Gaffer: Once polar opposites, Pep, like Alex Ferguson, is now totem pole of adapting systems to players | Football News

Guardiola turns Gaffer: Once polar opposites, Pep, like Alex Ferguson, is now totem pole of adapting systems to players | Football News

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6 min readUpdated: Apr 20, 2026 10:24 AM IST The shadow of Alex Ferguson spread imperiously over Pep Guardiola when he arrived at the Etihad. In the unveiling ceremony in 2016, the Manchester City chairman Khaldoon al‑Mubarak, said he wished Guardiola built a dynasty like Ferguson at Manchester United. Nearly a decade later, he has built a seignorial empire in the EPL era after Ferguson. But more fascinating is how the shadows of the two managers have converged and how they resemble each other in their methods than ever before. Guardiola was the ideologue, the system’s man, the team’s structure and playing patterns stripped to detail. His football was chess in hurry, every move pre-arranged with forensic precision. He found men for the system he adhered to. Ferguson was a person’s manager; who flexed systems to the strengths of his men. He was a stickler for discipline but with emphasis on creative output, individual dazzle within a well-knit framework, football as an expression and reflection of personality rather than an ideology. But in his last …

Ram Charan admits being ‘rough dad’ to his 3 kids, calls wife Upasana family’s ‘nurturing pole’

Ram Charan admits being ‘rough dad’ to his 3 kids, calls wife Upasana family’s ‘nurturing pole’

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Ram Charan is a superstar of Telugu cinema who carries the responsibility of his family, kids, and fans on his shoulders. Even though he is neck deep in work, the actor-producer makes sure he doesn’t compromise on spending time with his three kids, two-and-a-half-year-old daughter Kaara, and the newborns, Shivram and Anveera Devi. Recently, he admitted to being the rough kind of dad who lets their children take risks. Read on to know what he said about his wife, Upasana Konidela. Ram Charan weighs in on parenting three kids with wife Upasana After having three kids with Upasana Konidela, Ram Charan feels his house is full. After the arrival of his twins, a boy and a girl, in January 2026, his responsibilities have increased manifold. When asked what kind of father he is, the RRR actor told Esquire India, “I’m the rough kind of dad. The one who lets them jump, play dirty, climb, and take risks.” Talking about his wife’s way of parenting the children, Ram expressed, “Their mother is the nurturing pole; I’m …