Pooja from Bosti village in Haryana created history in the ongoing Asian Athletics Championship on Friday. She won gold in the high jump jumping 1.89 metre.

Pooja’s coach Ramkrishna, naturally elated with his student’s success also expressed surprise. He stated, “I had hope on her performance. But I could not imagine she would jump 1.89. Rather my expectation was that she would make 1.85 metre.”.

Tejashwin Shankar,  the country’s one of the most prominent athletes and have won medals in his event in the ongoing competition, posted on social media describing Pooja’s performance amazing. “Among all of us her performance was the brightest. Her technique is amazing at only 18 years old.”