Meena came out on top in a neck-and-neck contest with training partner Kuldeep.
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Kushare gave a good account of his focus to first register 2.22m and ensure his CWG journey.
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In a spectacular neck-and-neck contest, Dev Meena pipped training partner Kuldeep Kumar to rewrite the men’s pole vault National record with a mark of 5.45m in the Federation athletics meet at the Birsa Munda Stadium (Morabadi) on Sunday.Pushing each other hard, both showed good rhythm to clear 5.45m. The two raised the bar to 5.50m, but could not go past it. Meena got the better of Kuldeep, who had set the National mark of 5.41m earlier this month, on the basis of registering fewer total misses (Meena’s eight vs Kuldeep’s nine).The two earned their tickets for the Commonwealth Games.“We did our best today and gave each other a good fight. We will continue to keep up our fight in order to improve further,” said Meena.
