Athletics, Men's Pole Vault: Dev Meena clears the 5.50m mark to set the new National Record

After failing, his first attempt, Meena came out strong in the second attempt and cleared the 5.50m to set a national record.

He improved his own record of 5.46m and is now in the top 8 of the final but will need to further improve it to 5.60m to come anywhere close to a medal.

Meanwhile, Kuldeep Kumar failed his three attempts at 5.50m to finish 10th in the competition with his previos best of 5.35m.