Federation Cup Day-3: Kuldeep Kumar & Dev Meena break pole vault national record-Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the penultimate day of the 2026 Senior National Athletics Federation Cup in Ranchi.
Star Indian jumpers will be in action at the day-3 of 2026 Federation Cup (File Photo)
Multiple star Indian male jumpers were in action on the penultimate day of the 2026 Senior National Athletics Federation Cup in Ranchi on Sunday.
Murali Sreeshankar earned CWG qualification in the long jump, while Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar fought a thrilling duel in pole vault, followed by Sarvesh Kushare equalling his personal best in high jump.
On the track, Tejas Shirse and M Krishik fight it out in the 110m hurdles final, whereas later in the day, the men's 1500m winner was also crowned.
As it happened:
Do tune in tomorrow for the final day of the action, with more than 10 finals lined up for the day.
Dev edged past Kuldeep on the countback with both jumpers now equally holding the National record at 5.45m.
Not the best day for Murali, having only one 8+ jump in the final, but despite that, he won the event and has confirmed his place in the CWG squad.
The men's Pole Vault final is getting more and more astonishing, with Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar now having the joint National record of 5.45m.
This also meant that he had breached the Asian Games mark
He has also confirmed his place in the Commonwealth Games
He has also breached the Commonwealth Games mark of 5.25m.
Meanwhile, Kuldeep Kumar has missed his first two wttwmpts at 5.30m mark.
He failed all 3 of his attempts at 5.25m and could not breach the Commonwealth Games mark.
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