Bhubaneswar, May 3 -- Bhubaneswar Indoor Stadium has proved a happy hunting ground for Tamil Nadu's pole vaulter Baranica Elangovan. Within a span of nearly five weeks, the 29 years old improved the national record twice. On both occasions the venue was Bhubaneswar's Indoor Stadium.
On Sunday, while competing at the Indian Indoor Open combined events and pole vault competitionBaranica cleared 4.23m.
In doing so, bettered her own national record of 4.22m set at the inaugural edition of National Indoor Athletics Championships held in the last week of March in Bhubaneswar.
She set the record on her third attempt. "It was another good day for me," said Baranica of setting a new benchmark in women's pole vault.
Baranica has shifted from her ...