Indian National Championships

[rainbowgirl28]

http://www.hindu.com/2005/11/08/stories ... 111800.htm

Chetna Solanki vaults to record height

Abhijit Sen Gupta



Poonam wins women's 100m
Tessymol wins triple jump

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[roger/over]

The articles Becca quotes have me considerably confused, especially given the detail they offer on earlier records. I have Chetna Solanki already having cleared 3.80m at New Delhi on 1 June of this year and Vazhipali Suresh Surekha matching that 3.80m at Incheon on 2 September. Both of these marks are shown on Jalava's 2005 outdoor deep list.

Since the 3.55 cited for Surekha, I have:

India 3.55 Vazhipali Suresh Surekha 1 Mumbai 2004-09-12
India 3.60 Chetna Solanki 1 New Delhi 2005-03-11
India 3.60 Vazhipali Suresh Surekha en New Delhi 2005-05-17
India 3.60 Chetna Solanki 2 New Delhi 2005-05-17
India 3.70 Vazhipali Suresh Surekha 1 New Delhi 2005-05-17
India 3.75 Chetna Solanki en New Delhi 2005-06-01
India 3.75 Vazhipali Suresh Surekha 2 New Delhi 2005-06-01
India 3.80 Chetna Solanki 1 New Delhi 2005-06-01
India 3.80 Chetna Solanki 1 New Delhi 2005-08-24
India 3.80 Vazhipali Suresh Surekha 9 Incheon 2005-09-02


I wonder what could be happening here? Maybe just that the Indian Federation hasn't yet ratified the record improvements during 2005 and the reporters didn't bother to check on pending ones?

[roger/over]

Okay, by the morning light I can see my problem: The articles were talking about a meet record, not the national record. Sorry, R

[rainbowgirl28]

They originally reported the guys winner at 5.50, which I figured was wrong so I didn't post it. The next day it was corrected as 5.05.