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Inter-State Athletics: Jumpers Ancy, Sarvesh Break National Records In Bhubaneswar
Aichi Nagoya Asian Games: Kerala’s Asian Games medallist Ancy Sojan obliterated the women’s long jump record that has stood for more than two decades, with a brilliant performance at the 65th National Inter-State Athletics Championships at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar on Saturday evening.
The 25-year-old international long jumper entered her name in the record books in her fifth attempt as she landed at the 6.88m mark to improve the long-standing record of 6.83m set by Anju Bobby George in 2004 in Athens.
“My goal today was to record a personal best of 6.75m, which I recorded four weeks ago in Ranchi,” a jubilant Ancy Sojan said of getting into a good rhythm from the word go. She began her record-breaking campaign with a jump of 6.73m. Her second jump was no mark. Her third jump was 6.67m, while her fourth jump was 6.72m. She was on cloud nine when the electronic scoreboard flashed 6.88m. Her last and sixth jump was 6.69m.
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