Baranica wins pole vault gold at National Open Athletics

New Delhi, Oct 11 (UNI) Baranica Elangovan's pole vault triumph and Mubassina Mohammed's narrow long jump victory headlined the third day of the 65th National Open Athletics Championships at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Saturday. Baranica clinched the women's pole vault gold with a clearance of 4.10 metres, while teammate Mariya Jaison finished second with 3.90m. Sindhushree G, Krishna Rachan, Karthika V and Nitika Akare shared third place with 3.80m each. In the women's long jump, ONGC's Mubassina Mohammed edged Uttar Pradesh's Shaili Singh by just one centimetre to claim gold. Mubassina recorded 6.38m against Shaili's 6.37m, with her…