GUWAHATI: Kerala long jumper Ancy Sojan broke the Girls Under-21 long jump record with a personal best performance of 6.36m in winning a memorable competition against Tamil Nadu’s Sherin Abdul Gafoor at the Khelo India Youth Game 2020 here on Sunday.
It was a gripping contest that the two jumpers treated the onlookers.
A student of the Nattika Government Fisheries Higher Secondary School, Thrissur, she had a 6.24m jump in the Kerala State School Meet.
She went 2cm farther in the SGFI National School Athletics Championship in Sangrur last month.
And on Sunday, she was primed up to deliver her best jump of the season.
Quite naturally, she was delighted that she could sustain consistency here with a string of five jumps exceeding 6m – 6.11, 6.36, 6.29, 6.08 and 6.13 before fouling her final jump.
Tamil Nadu’s Sherin Abdul Gafoor, who set the mark at 6.15m in the last edition of the Khelo India Youth Games, picked up the gauntlet thrown down by Ancy Sojan.
She had a series that read 5.99, 6.16, 6.11, 6.06, 6.30 and 6.13.
RESULTS
Athletics
Boys Under-21
Discus Throw:
1. Ikram Ali Khan (Madhya Pradesh) 53.82m (New Meet Record. Old: 53.50, Surjeet Gurra, Pune, 2019); 2. Abhay Gupta (Haryana) 53.81; 3. Basukesh Poonia (Rajasthan) 53.27.
Girls Under-21
Long Jump:
Ancy Sojan (Kerala) 6.36m (New Meet Record. Old: 6.15, A Sherin, Pune, 2019); 2. A Sherin 6.30; 3. TK Sandra Babu (Kerala) 5.99.