Current Affairs - Persons - Discussion

Baranica Elangovan won the bronze medal in the women’s pole vault at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, creating history as India’s first medalist in this discipline at the Asian Games. She cleared 4.15 metres to secure the bronze, which she shared with Kazakhstan’s Polina Ivanova, who achieved the same height. Japan’s Misaki Morota won gold with 4.55 metres, while China’s Chunge Neu claimed silver with 4.50 metres. Baranica, a pole vaulter from Tamil Nadu, joined the Reliance Foundation High Performance Centre in Bhubaneswar in 2023 after recovering from an ACL injury.