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National Athletics: Meena Scales New Height, Rupal Chaudhary Shifts Gear To Win 400m Gold
National Federation Cup Senior Athletics: Talented pole vaulter, Dev Meena from Madhya Pradesh hogged the limelight with a brilliant display, setting a new national record in the 28th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships here on Tuesday. The second day of the competition was time to rejoice for some as they were successful in achieving qualification marks for the Asian Athletics Championships in their respective events at Maharaja’s College Stadium here.
Meena improved his national record by scaling a height of 5.35m but fell short of the Asian qualification mark of 5.51m. Meena’s previous national record of 5.32m was set at the 38th Uttarakhand National Games in Dehradun.
Meena said he was a bit disappointed in missing the Asian qualification mark, but expressed his satisfaction with Tuesday’s performance. “I wanted to raise the bar, but there was a light drizzle and I didn’t continue on the advice of my coach,” Meena was quoted as saying by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) on Tuesday.
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