Animesh Kujur of Odisha in action in the men’s 200m during the 65th National inter-State senior athletics championship at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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The unheralded Sindhushree G. wrote her name in the record books with a shock win over Baranica Elangovan in the women’s pole vault and qualified for the Asian Games on the second day of the National inter-State athletics meet at the Kalinga Stadium here on Thursday.The 25-year-old short statured Karnataka girl — who trained for two weeks with a borrowed pole from a fellow male athlete, who had purchased the equipment meant for women by mistake — relied on her endurance to thrive despite the humid conditions. She achieved the National mark of 4.25m ahead of Baranica, who couldn’t improve upon her previous mark of 4.23m.
Sindhushree of Karnataka poses after posting a National record in the women’s pole vault final of the 65th National inter-State senior athletics championship at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Thursday, June 25, 2026.
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