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Pooja Singh Breaks Senior National High Jump Record at Asian U20 Championships
Pooja cleared 1.93m and surpassed her personal best twice this year as coach Biran Sergey credited technical adjustments and disciplined training.
- On Friday, 19-year-old Pooja Singh cleared 1.93m to win gold at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong, shattering the 14-year-old Indian national senior high jump record.
- Overcoming significant financial hardships, Pooja initially practiced her jumps on village fields using bamboo poles and sacks of husk in her native Fatehabad, Haryana.
- Sahana Kumari, the former record holder who mentored Pooja, could not contain her emotion as her 1.92m mark fell. "I didn't want to cry but couldn't hold myself in joy," Sahana told The Indian Express.
- With this performance, Pooja surpassed the 1.92m qualifying mark for the 2026 Commonwealth Games set by the Athletics Federation of India, bolstering India's medal tally to four golds in two days.
- Training under coach Biran Sergey, Pooja targets the Asian Games as her main objective, with experts suggesting she has potential to surpass the 2m mark with continued technical refinement.
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Pooja Singh shatters 14-year-old senior national high jump record, captures Asian U20 gold
Indian high jump sensation Pooja Singh delivered the performance of her career at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships, clearing 1.93m to win gold and break Sahana Kumari’s 14-year-old national senior record.
·Mumbai, India
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Pooja Singh shatters 14-year national high jump record at Asian U20 Championships - The Tribune
India's Pooja Singh delivered a historic performance by clearing 1.93m in the women's high jump to break the long-standing national record held by Sahana Kumari for 14 years at the U20 Athletics Championships 2026 in Hong Kong on Friday.
·Chandigarh, India
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