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India’s Pooja reaches high jump final at U-20 Worlds
India’s Pooja qualified for the women’s high jump final on the third day of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Oregon on Friday. Her best leap of 1.79 metres was enough to…
The Story in Brief
India’s Pooja qualified for the women’s high jump final on the third day of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Oregon on Friday. Her best leap of 1.79 metres was enough to earn one of 12 places in the medal round, after none of the jumpers could breach the direct qualification mark of 1.84m.
All 12 finalists will enter the summit round with the same best jump of 1.79m. Earlier this year, the Haryana athlete broke a 14-year-old senior national record by clearing 1.93m at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championships, where she won gold.
The Indian Opinion
Pooja’s clean entry is reason to cheer, but Indian fans should not let qualification fever blind them to the real test. The field is wide open, no jumper hit the direct mark, and even her national record (1.93m) is well below the championship standard (often above 1.90m for medals). Watch Saturday’s final: if she clears 1.84m or higher, that will show real progress. Can she step up when it counts? That single number will settle the hype.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com
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