Rosy Meena Paulraj of Tamil Nadu competes in the women's pole vault event at the 27th National Federation Senior Athletics Competition, in Bhubaneswar, Tuesday, May 14.
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Bhubaneswar: National record holder Rosy Meena Paulraj, as expected, won the gold in women’s pole vault event with an effort of 4.05m on the third day of the National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships here on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old's effort, however, was well short of the national record of 4.21m she had set last year.
Her Tamil Nadu team-mate Baranica Elangovan won the silver after clearing 4m while Mariya Jaison of Kerala was third with 3.90m effort.
Asian Games bronze medallist Nandini Agasara took gold in the grueling seven-event heptathlon.