Sports · 11 August 2026
Basant Meghwal wins silver in high jump at World Athletics U20 Championships
Exam-focused facts from the 11 August 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Basant Kumar Meghwal won the silver medal in the men's high jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships in Eugene.
- He cleared a personal best of 2.21m to secure the silver medal.
- Algeria's Younes Ayachi won gold and Great Britain's Otis Poole took bronze, with positions decided on countback after all three failed at 2.24m.
- Ashish Yadav also won a silver for India in the men's javelin throw with a throw of 74.09m.