Overview
- Elangovan, who cleared 4.22m Tuesday in Bhubaneswar, surpassed Rosy Meena Paulraj’s 4.21m national mark from 2022.
- She took three attempts at 4.25m after the record clearance and missed on each try.
- Because World Athletics treats indoor and outdoor marks as one record, her indoor 4.22m stands as the overall national mark pending AFI sign-off.
- NADA officers collected her dope sample at the venue, which is required before the Athletics Federation of India confirms the record.
- The 29-year-old’s leap caps a long return from a 2020 ACL reconstruction, supported by ABTP physios in Bhubaneswar and coach Milber Bertrand Russell at the Reliance Foundation HPC, as the inaugural indoor meet also saw Odisha’s Sarun Payasingh win long jump with a 7.80m personal best.