History of Kalinga Stadium! Sarvesh Kushare breaks men’s high jump national record, becomes first Indian to achieve 2.30m | More Sports News:
Sarvesh Kushare set a new men’s high jump national record after clearing 2.31m at the 65th National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Friday. The Maharashtra athlete also became India’s first high jumper to officially clear the 2.30m mark.The 31-year-old surpassed the previous national record of 2.29m set by Tejaswin Shankar on April 27, 2018, in Lubbock. His jump also broke the meet record of 2.25m, set by B Chethan at the 2018 National Inter-State Championships in Guwahati.Kushare has already crossed the Asian Games qualification mark of 2.19m. He cleared 2.31m in his third attempt to set a new national record. After this, he made two attempts at 2.35m but did not get the height.Tamil Nadu’s AadarshRam finished second after clearing 2.25m. His effort also bettered the previous meet record and broke the Asian Games qualification mark. Karnataka’s Jesse Sandesh claimed third place with a jump of 2.19m, equaling the qualification mark.The show added another success to Kushare’s career. He represented India at the Paris Olympics and remains one of the country’s regular performers in the high jump at domestic and international competitions.His latest effort of 2.31m gave India a new national benchmark in the event ahead of a busy season that includes the Asian Games.Kushare also made history at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. He became the first Indian male high jumper to qualify for the World Championships final. He finished sixth with a personal best of 2.28m, which remains the best finish by an Indian male high jumper in the history of the World Championships.
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