Both the athletes bettered the previous national men\u2019s pole vault record of 5.41m, but Dev Kumar Meena walked away with the gold medal while Kuldeep Kumar settled for silver (on countdown). The previous record of 5.41m was set recently by Kuldeep Kumar in Bhubaneswar. The gold and silver medallists have also achieved the Commonwealth Games qualification mark of 5.25m. The meet record was 5.35m set last year by Dev Kumar Meena.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Training partners and close friends, Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar next goal is to repeat their performance at the international level. \u201cIt was a good day for us and we will continue to push each other to further raise the bar in future,\u201d jubilant Dev Kumar Meena said after winning the gold on Sunday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
If the spotlight was on sprinters on Saturday, the main attraction on Sunday was field events.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
At the long jump pit, Murali Sreeshankar won the gold medal with a jump of 8.08m which was better than the CWG qualification mark of 8.05m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sarvesh Anil Kushare of Maharashtra dominated the men\u2019s high jump. His gold-medal winning performance of 2.28m was better than CWG mark of 2.22m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Kushare also equalled the meet record set by Tejaswin Shankar. He also raised the bar to 2.30m to improve the national record of 2.29m but missed all three attempts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Aadarsh Ram, winner of silver medal, also achieved the qualification mark of CWG (2.22m).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The men\u2019s 110m hurdles was dominated by Tejas Ashok Shirse representing Reliance. His gold-winning time was 13.50 seconds. He improved his own meet record of 13.61 secs but missed out to win a CWG berth. The qualification time was 13.39 secs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Earlier in the morning session, Ravina representing Haryana won the gold medal in the women\u2019s 10,000m race walk with a time of 44:29.66 seconds which was better than the Commonwealth Games qualification time of 44:44.58 seconds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Results<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Men:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
1500m (CWG Q time 3:30.82 secs): Rahul Baloda (Rajasthan) 3:40.06 secs, Sakir (Haryana) 3:40.83 secs, Ajay Kumar Saroj (Uttar Pradesh) 3:40.92 secs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
110m hurdles (CWG Q time 13.39 secs): Tejas Ashok Shirse (Reliance) 13.50 seconds (MR improves his own meet record of 13.61 secs), Krishik M (Reliance) 13.52 secs, Muhammed Lazan (Navy) 13.83 secs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pole vault (CWG Q mark 5.25m): Dev Kumar Meena (Madhya Pradesh) 5.45m (NR previous record 5.41 set by Kuldeep Kumar), Kuldeep Kumar (Madhya Pradesh) 5.45m, Reegan G (Tamil Nadu) 5.15m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
High jump (CWG Q mark 2.22m): Sarvesh Anil Kushare (Maharashtra) 2.28m (MR equalled, Aadarsh Ram (Tamil Nadu) 2.22m, Sudeep (Karnataka) 2.12m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Long jump (CWG Q mark 8.05m): M Sreeshankar (NCOE Trivandrum) 8.08m, S Lokesh (Reliance) 7.94m, Mohd Atta Sazid (Haryana) 7.90m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Discus throw (CWG Q mark 64.56m): Dharamraj Yadav (Army) 55.20m, Bhartpreet Singh (Navy) 54.62m, Oinam Alson Singh (NCOE Patiala) 53.52m.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
100m hurdles (CWG Q time 12.67 secs): Nandhini K (Tamil Nadu) 13.24 secs, Pragyan Prashanti Sahu (Odisha) 13.33 secs, Anjali C (JSW) 13.35 secs.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Women:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Hammer throw (CWG Q mark 66.80m): Manpreet kaur (Punjab) 59.08m, Kulvinder Kaur (Railways Sports) 57.76m, Divya dhandilya (Odisha) 56.41m<\/p>\r\n\r\n