Nayana James made two attempts over the 6.37m to claim the women’s senior long jump title in the Indian Athletics Grand Prix 4 Meet at Kalinga Stadium this coming Tuesday.
Ancy Sojan, who took the lead after the first two laps with a 6.29m effort and the fourth with a 6.35m jump, finished second ahead of world U20 silver medalist Shaili Singh. Teenager Uttar Pradesh, who trains in Bengaluru, hit a top of 6.27m in her first encounter since the Under-20 World Athletics Championships in Nairobi last August.
26-year-old Nayana had one foul and 5.99m jump in her first two attempts but took the lead in the third lap with a jump of 6.30m, 1cm more than her two best jumps. of Ancy Sojan until then.
After Ancy Sojan responded with a 6.35m effort in the fourth round, Nayana James jumped 6.37m twice to win the title while her 21-year-old teammate fouled her last two jumps.
From the home fans’ point of view, Amiya Kumar Mallick and Aryan Ekka’s 1-2 in the men’s 100m sprint was a fantastic result. Odisha’s sprinters ignited each other’s confidence in the second of four races in the race. Karan Vivek Hegiste of Maharashtra was the best among other sprinters to win bronze.
Two young javelin throwers, Yashvir Singh (Rajasthan) and Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) have crossed the 80m mark.
Yashvir Singh grabbed the attention with his attempt to win at 82.13m. So the 20-year-old becomes the 12th Indian to use a spear over 80m.
Thrower Rajasthan has become the third javelin thrower in the country after DP Manu (Karnataka) and Rohit Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) to join the 80m Club this year. Yashvir Singh, who missed the mark by a beard in Patiala on March 17 last year, edged out Rohit Yadav and Manu on Tuesday night to claim the gold medal.
The men’s long jump didn’t have as much drama as the women’s as each of Muhammed Anees Yahiya’s legal long jumps on Tuesday night was good enough to earn him a gold medal. The Kerala jumper achieved the highest achievement with two of the last three attempts, surpassing the 8.00m mark. The 8.15m effort on his fifth attempt was the best of the night.
From the home fans’ point of view, the 1-2 win of Amiya Kumar Mallick and Aryan Ekka in the men’s 100m as well as the victory of Srabani Nanda in the women’s 100m is very satisfying. The two Odisha men drew in the second of four races. Sribani Nanda, running his first 100m in under a year, had to find his own pace to win in 11.87 seconds.
