Rhine-Ruhr [Germany], July 25 (ANI): India's Dev Kumar Meena broke the men's pole vault record for the third time during the qualifying rounds of the ongoing FISU World University Games being held in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany, on Friday. During the event, he achieved a personal best of 5.40 m on his second attempt, surpassing his previous record of 5.35 m, which he had set at this year's Federation Cup in Kochi, according to Olympics.com. Also Read | WCL 2025 Live Streaming in India: Watch South Africa Champions vs Pakistan Champions Online and Live Telecast of World Championship of Legends T20 Cricket Match. This is the third time that the 20-year-old has broken the national pole vault record, having first got the record during the National Games this year, with a 5.32 m attempt, outdoing Subramani Siva's 5.31m from 2022. Meena, an Asian U20 bronze medal winner, is currently the youngest national record holder in athletics from India. Also Read | Most Runs in Test Cricket: From Sachin Tendulkar to Joe Root, A Look at Top 5 Highest Run-Scorers in Longest Format of Game. Drawn in Group A in the qualifiers, Meena secured 5.05 m and 5.25 m initially, before shattering the national record in his second try. He ended up with a fifth-place finish at the qualifiers, securing his spot in the men's pole vault record for Sunday. A total of 12 athletes have made it to the medal round. India has so far won five medals at the competition, with Indian archers securing a gold, silver and bronze each earlier on the day. A total of 12 athletes qualified for the medal round. India has won five medals thus far at the 2025 World University Games in Germany. Vaishnavi Adkar clinched a bronze on Thursday in women's singles tennis, while the Indian badminton team secured their bronze on July 20. (ANI) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)