Sherin Abdul Gafoor keen to become India’s long jump lead after lengthy injury layoff
6 months, 1 week ago

Sherin Abdul Gafoor keen to become India’s long jump lead after lengthy injury layoff

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Three years ago, Sherin Abdul Gafoor was among the very promising long jumpers in the country. It also put her on the third spot in this year’s Indian list, behind former Asian Championship bronze medallist Nayana James and silver medallist Shaili Singh. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The automatic qualification standard for next month’s Paris Olympics is 6.86m, 3cm more than Anju Bobby George’s national record, and having missed a major part of the season, it will be tough for Sherin to make the cut even through the World rankings route. Am not sure what Ancy Sojan’s performance will be but last year she did well, this year she could do better,” said Sherin who trains on her own in Chennai’s Nehru Stadium with friends in the sport occasionally guiding her.

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India Open Jumps | Nayana bags long jump gold with personal best mark
9 months ago

India Open Jumps | Nayana bags long jump gold with personal best mark

The Hindu  

Kerala’s Nayana James recorded a personal best mark, leaping 6.67m to secure the women’s long jump gold at the 3rd Indian Open Jumps Competition held at the Anju Bobby George Foundation here on Wednesday. On a day when no athlete threatened the 2024 Paris Olympics qualification mark, the 28-year-old’s effort stood out, coming nearly seven years after her previous best …

Tricolour Soared High on the World Athletics Stage: Nita Ambani Lauds Indian Athletes on 'Momentous Day'
1 year, 3 months ago

Tricolour Soared High on the World Athletics Stage: Nita Ambani Lauds Indian Athletes on 'Momentous Day'

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Nita Ambani, Founder and Chairperson, Reliance Foundation lauded India’s athletes for their ‘outstanding’ performance at the World Athletics Championships in Budapest. Congratulations also to DP Manu, Parul Chaudhary, Jeswin Aldrin, our men’s relay team, and our very own Reliance Foundation athlete Kishore Jena for their outstanding performances in making India proud in the global arena. The 25-year-old, who has been …

Asian Athletics Championships 2023: Parul Chaudhary wins gold in 3000m steeplechase, Shaili jumps for silver
1 year, 5 months ago

Asian Athletics Championships 2023: Parul Chaudhary wins gold in 3000m steeplechase, Shaili jumps for silver

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Parul Chaudhary won her first major championship gold in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Athletics Championships on Friday in Bangkok. READ | Tajinderpal Singh Toor defends Asian Championships shot put title, but limps out of competition Earlier in the day, shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor stamped his authority in the continental circuit by defending his title before limping out of …

Jeswin Aldrin, the world leader in long jump, included in AIU testing pool
1 year, 6 months ago

Jeswin Aldrin, the world leader in long jump, included in AIU testing pool

The Hindu  

Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin, the world leader this season, is the latest Indian athlete who has been included in the registered testing pool of World Athletics by the Athletics Integrity Unit. Aldrin set the world-leading mark of 8.42m, also National Record, at the National Jumps Competition at Bellary last March. Aldrin will compete in the long jump final of the …

Shaili looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year
1 year, 6 months ago

Shaili looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year

The Hindu  

She is just 19 and two years into the senior circuit, but Shaili Singh is already India’s number one woman long-jumper and is looking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s national record this year. She says I am in that range, and so I feel I can do it,” Shaili said after the women’s long jump qualifying round at …

Long jumper Shaili Singh bounces back from injury under Bobby and Anju’s guidance
1 year, 8 months ago

Long jumper Shaili Singh bounces back from injury under Bobby and Anju’s guidance

The Hindu  

Shaili Singh stepped a few centimetres over the take-off board on her second jump at the Indian Grand Prix in Bangalore on Sunday. “That probably would have been a national record,” says Anju Bobby George, holder of the national mark of 6.83m set at the Athens Olympics, watching alongside the jumping pit at the Kanteerava Stadium. In 2021, Anju’s belief …

Shaili Singh wins long jump gold; Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Jyothi Yarraji declared best Athletes at Open Nationals
2 years, 2 months ago

Shaili Singh wins long jump gold; Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Jyothi Yarraji declared best Athletes at Open Nationals

The Hindu  

Teenaged Shaili Singh showed yet another glimpse of her brimming potential by winning her first National Open athletics gold with a leap of 6.41m in the women’s long jump event at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Wednesday. On the final day of the competition, the 18-year-old, who made waves by securing the long jump silver at the World Athletics …

Indian Grand Prix 1 Athletics Meet: Amoj Jacob and Priya Mohan Share Limelight with Long Jumpers
2 years, 9 months ago

Indian Grand Prix 1 Athletics Meet: Amoj Jacob and Priya Mohan Share Limelight with Long Jumpers

News 18  

Quarter-milers Amoj Jacob and Priya Mohan shared the limelight with long jumpers Jeswin Aldrin and Ancy Sojan in the Indian Grand Prix 1 Athletics Meet at the Chandrasekharan Nair Police Stadium here on Sunday. Delhi’s Jacob broke into the lead by the halfway mark and beat back challenge from Noah Nirmal Tom of Kerala in a keenly-fought men’s 400m while …

Long Jumper M Sreeshankar Marks Return with 3rd Best Career Effort to Clinch Gold
2 years, 9 months ago

Long Jumper M Sreeshankar Marks Return with 3rd Best Career Effort to Clinch Gold

News 18  

National record holder long jumper M Sreeshankar marked his return to competition with his third best ever effort of 8.17m to record a dramatic victory in the inaugural National Open Jumps Competition here on Tuesday. Sreeshankar’s opening leap of 8.14m appeared good enough to seal the victory but Mohammad Anees Yahiya produced his personal best of 8.15m on his last …

Shaili Singh Wins Silver Medal in Long Jump at U20 World Athletics Championships
3 years, 4 months ago

Shaili Singh Wins Silver Medal in Long Jump at U20 World Athletics Championships

News 18  

Long jumper Shaili Singh won the silver medal at the U20 World Athletics Championships on Sunday with a best jump of 6.59m. This is India’s third medal at the Championships after Amit Khatri won silver in 10000m race walk and the Indian team bagged bronze in mixed 4x400m relay. The 17-year-old Shaili, coached by former jumper Bobby George and his …

National Junior Athletics: Ankita Dhyani, Pavana Nagaraj, Anurag Singh Kaler Rewrite Records
3 years, 10 months ago

National Junior Athletics: Ankita Dhyani, Pavana Nagaraj, Anurag Singh Kaler Rewrite Records

News 18  

Uttarakhand’s Ankita Dhyani announced her arrival as a middle and long-distance runner of immense potential by breaking Sunita Rani’s National under-20 record in the women’s 5000m on the opening day of the 36th National Junior Athletics Championships at the Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium. Earlier, Pavana Nagaraj and Mohur Mukherjee battled intensely at the high jump pit while Anurag Singh Kaler …

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