In women’s pole vault, Malayali athlete Maria Jaison of Jain University, Bengaluru re-established her own record of 3.65 meter in 2017 with her new distance 3.80 m. Though Bharanika of Madras University made the same distance (3.80m), Maria added the record under her name as she made the distance in her first…
BENGALURU: Unlike most kids who enjoy playing video games or watching cartoons in their childhood, Maria Jaison pursued her interest in sports. The student of Jain University was introduced to long jump when she was seven years old, but things did not work out as planned and then she decided…