18-year-old Pooja, who once trained on sacks of husk in her village, wasn't fazed by torn shoes. She soared to a gold medal in the high jump at the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea.

Athlete Pooja Singh grabbed the gold medal at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in South Korea, on Friday (May 30). Notably, she achieved the feat with torn spikes! Now back home in Fatehabad ...

Pooja Singh, all of 17, was at her very best at the National Games 2025 in Dehradun. The teenager shattered the meet record in high jump and won the gold medal on Wednesday, February 12.

Now, with Pooja Singh’s victory in 2025, she becomes only the second Indian woman to claim gold in this event, a 25-year gap between Indian champions in women’s high jump at the Asian level.

Pooja Singh wins gold in high jump at Asian Championships with a personal best of 1.89m, overcoming challenges and inspiring others from her humble beginnings. Sunday, Jun 29, 2025 New Delhi o C ...

Long-distance runner Gulveer Singh, high-jumper Pooja Singh and heptathlete Nandini Agasara bagged gold medals as India's strong run in the Asian Athletics Championships continued. Check the ...

High jumper Pooja Singh, who broke her own U-20 record and won gold at Asian Athletics Championships 2025, reveals she performed in South Korea with torn shoes. Sunday, Jun 29, 2025.