Shaili Singh qualifies for Asian Games; logging 2nd longest jump in India's history

Category : Sports Published on: April 19 2023

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U-20 World Championships silver medalist long jumper Shaili Singh roared with a personal best of 6.76m jump winning the gold medal at the 2023 Indian Grand Prix 4 at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
Shaili produced an all-time second-longest long jump behind her idol and mentor Anju Bobby George.
With this jump, Shaili went past the Asian Games qualifying mark of 6.45m set by AFI but missed the World Championships mark by 9 cm.
The jump of 6.76m is a 0.28cm improvement from her previous personal best of 6.48cm. Shaili jumped 6.27m at the Asian Indoor Championships in February 2023.
Shaili also breached the qualifying standard for women's long jump for upcoming Asian Games 2022, set to be hosted in China later this year.
The mark was set at 6.45 m by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI), as per Olympics.com.
Nayana James, who won the Silver medal, also breached the Asian Games qualifying standards with a jump of 6.53 m.