Sarvesh, Anjali set meet records at National Open athletics championships

Sarvesh Anil Kushare and Anjali Devi were the stars on the second day of the 58th National Open athletics championships, setting meet records en route gold medal in the men's high jump and the women's 400m on Wednesday.

Kushare, representing Services, leaped to a new personal best of 2.24m to erase the old meet record of 2.23m set by VS Yadav, set last year in Chennai.

The 23-year-old Kushare's effort was a new personal best for him, eclipsing his previous best of 2.21m set at the same competition last year.

Kushare was the clear winner, beating Siddharth Yadav of Railways and B Chetan of Services by a comfortable margin.

Both Yadav and Chetan recorded a best jump of 2.16m on the day, with the silver medal going to Yadav by virtue of fewer failed attempts.

Also setting a meet record on the day was Anjali Devi. The 20-year-old from Haryana clocked a time of 51.79 seconds to better the previous mark of 51.90 seconds recorded by former Asian Games silver medalist KM Beenamol at the 2002 .