Seasoned long jumper Nayana James registered her new personal ideal to clinch the gold medal at the 3rd Indian Open up Jumps opposition at Anju Bobby High General performance Center, Bengaluru on Wednesday.
Nayana jumped 6.67m in her second attempt to far better her previous own most effective of 6.55m.
U20 World Championships silver medalist Shaili Singh came up with a year-ideal 6.40m leap to clinch the silver medal even though Sushmita recorded a leap of 6.28m to finish on the podium.
In the absence of Asian Game titles medalist Ancy Sojan, it was a obvious struggle involving Nayana and Shaili for the major two areas. Having said that, both athletes unsuccessful to arrive shut to the Olympic qualification mark of 6.86m.
A protege of India’s most effective prolonged jumper Anju Bobby George, Shaili started off with a 6.35m soar and improved it to 6.38m and 6.40m in subsequent attempts. Even so, she failed to achieve a solid footing and looked really unsettled in the final two jumps recording 6.02m and 6.10.
On the other hand, Nayana James began with confidence regardless of her to start with endeavor currently being a foul. In her 2nd try, Nayana jumped 6.67m.
She recorded two more jumps of 6.64m and 6.48m displaying her regularity and very good sort. This was the second tournament for Nayana in the 12 months as she begun her season at the Asian Indoor Championships with the ideal bounce of 6.23m.
She received the silver medal previous calendar year at the 37th Countrywide Video games in Goa with a very best jump of 6.52m.