Nayana James sails to 6.67m distance, although Shaili Singh settles for next spot « Athletics Federation of India
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Bengaluru : Kerala’s seasoned extensive jumper Nayana James stole the limelight even though sizzling favourite Shaili Singh symbolizing Uttar Pradesh settled for 2nd location in the a single-working day 3rd version of the Indian Open Jumps Competition below on Wednesday at Anju Bobby George Superior General performance Centre.Nayana sailed to a distance of 6.67m, period very best, in her 2nd attempt to get pole position and eventually gained the women’s lengthy leap title. Owning no mark in her to start with try didn’t spoil Nayana’s rhythm as she sailed to a length of 6.67m in her next try to dominate the very long bounce occasion.Uttar Pradesh’s 20 calendar year-old Shaili was fancied to earn the title but had to settle for a second position with a leap of 6.40m.Shaili begun her campaign with a modest jump of 6.35m and progressed to 6.40m in her fourth attempt. Nevertheless, she wasn’t in a position to increase her performance in the remaining jumps to settle for 2nd position.The men’s extended jump title went to Kerala’s Muhammed Anees whose greatest initiatives ended up 7.94m.Results:WomenHigh Bounce: Athira Somaraj (Kerala) 1.76m, Kevinna Ashwine Annavi (Tamil Nadu) 1.74m, Khushi (Haryana) 1.68m.Pole Vault: Pavithra Venkatesh (Tamil Nadu) 4.15m, Mariya Jaison (Kerala) 3.80m, Sindhushree G (Karnataka) 3.80m.Triple Jump: Poorva Hitesh Sawant (Maharashtra) 13.31m, Sharvari Avinash P (Maharashtra) 13.31m, Sheena NV (Kerala) 13.18m.Prolonged bounce: Nayana James (Kerala) 6.67m, Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh) 6.40m, Pavana Nagaraj (Karnataka) 6.17m.MenPole vault: M Gowtham (Tamil Nadu) 5.10m, Reegan G (Tamil Nadu) 5m, Shekhar Kumar Pandey (Uttar Pradesh) 4.90m.Very long bounce: Muhammed Anees (Kerala) 7.94m, Aditya Kumar Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 7.78m, Vishnu Siva Sankar (Delhi) 7.50mHigh bounce: Jesse Sandesh (Karnataka) 2.20m, Aadarsh Ram (Tamil Nadu) 2.10m, Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odisha) 2.10m.
