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Sangli-based daily-wage earner training students to become pole vaulters in rural Maharashtra

I was 27 when I started practising pole vault; it was too late. I saw children in my village turning to addictions easily, so I approached one student to train with me as a runner — but he insisted on learning pole vault, said Anis Shikalgar

· 8/8/2026, 8:18:59 AM· 2 min read
Sangli-based daily-wage earner training students to become pole vaulters in rural Maharashtra
I was 27 when I started practising pole vault; it was too late. I saw children in my village turning to addictions easily, so I approached one student to train with me as a runner — but he insisted on learning pole vault, said Anis Shikalgar
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