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.

Indian high jumper Pooja Singh struck gold at the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Friday, ending a 25-year-long wait for India in the event. Her victory was a breath of ...

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.