Why did Sahana shed tears of joy at own high jump national record being broken
Pooja, 19, steadied herself before attempting the 1.93m jump at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong on Friday. She visualised herself taking the strides and jumping and seconds later, executed all of it in a harmonic motion to break the 14-year-old national record. As she fell on the track shedding tears, in the background, Sahana Kumari couldn’t hold herself back either. The high jumper-turned-coach was constantly encouraging Pooja and the tears came out the moment she saw her own record being erased. “It is a special feeling. I had always said that Pooja is the kid who can break my national record and she has done it today. Honestly, I was not aware that it’s been 14 years since I set the record. I came to know when calls started coming. It’s a feeling I can’t express in words,” Sahana told The Indian Express from Hong Kong. “I didn’t want to cry but couldn’t hold myself in joy. She came and hugged me and it was a good feeling.” Pooja, one of India’s …
