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Pavithra sets pole vault meet record

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Bhubaneswar, Feb 23: Tamil Nadu’s Pavithra Venkatesh broke the meet record en route to her pole vault gold with a personal best jump at the 81st All India Inter University Women’s Athletics Championships here on Wednesday.
The 20-year-old Salem girl, representing Periyar University, cleared the bar at 4m to better her previous best of 3.90m that she achieved in the Warangal National Open in September last year.
Pooja of Guru Jambheshwar University won silver clearing the bar at 3.95m, while Divya Mohanan of Mahatma Gandhi University came third (3.80m) – all the three efforts erasing the previous meet record of 3.80m set by Mariya Jaison in 2018.
Haryana’s Garima, representing Chaudhary Bansi Lal University, kept her fine progression in the circuit with a personal best effort of 48.52m to win the discus throw gold at the KIIT-KISS Athletic Stadium.
The 19-year-old’s previous best was 46.67m in the Guwahati Indian Under-20 Championship in February 2021. (PTI)

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