AFI National Throws Competition: Jeswin Aldrin Breaks National Long Jump Record With Leap of 8.42m to Claim Gold

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AFI National Throws Competition: Jeswin Aldrin Breaks National Long Jump Record With Leap of 8.42m to Claim Gold


Last Updated: March 02, 2023, 22:50 IST

Jeswin Aldrin broke the nationwide lengthy soar document (Twitter picture)

Jeswin Aldrin broke the nationwide lengthy soar document whereas CWG 2022 gold medalist Eldhose Paul received silver in triple soar

Star long-jumper and Asian Indoor Championships silver medallist Jeswin Aldrin of Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS) broke the nationwide document with a soar of 8.42 metres to declare gold on the second day of the Indian Open Throws and Jumps Competition on Thursday.

The silver was claimed by Muhammed Yahiya from Kerala with a soar of 7.85 metres, whereas the bronze medal went to Rishabh Rishishwar with a soar of 7.77 metres on the Inspire Institute of Sport (IIS), Vijayanagar.

Praveen Chithravel of Tamil Nadu set a brand new meet document by protecting 17.17m within the males’s triple soar en route to his gold medal on the 2nd Indian Open Jumps Competition on the Inspire Institute of Sport. Commonwealth Games gold winner Eldhose Paul (Kerala) took silver with a soar of 16.61m.

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In the lads’s pole vault, Shekhar Pandey of Uttar Pradesh received the gold medal with a soar of 4.80m. Anas E B (Kerala) with 4.70m received the silver medal adopted by Ajay Kumar (Haryana), who received the bronze medal with a soar of 4.70m.

Aldrin appeared on tune from the primary soar on the state-of-the-art centre of excellence and excessive efficiency, beginning with an effort of 8.05 metres adopted by 8.26 metres and at last, shattered the document – beforehand held by Murali Sreeshankar — with a 3rd soar of 8.42 metres.

Speaking about his achievement Aldrin stated, “I wished to break the nationwide document final yr however sadly it ended up being a wind-assisted soar. I’m completely happy that I lastly broke the document at my residence floor -[ the Inspire Institute of Sport. I am elated that the national record is now in my name.”

Earlier in the day, in the Women’s high jump, Rubina Yadav and Abhinaya Shetty both claimed the top spot with a jump of 1.74 metres, whereas the bronze went to Niranjana Sampath from Tamil Nadu with a jump of 1.60 metres.

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In the women’s triple jump, Gayathry Sivakumar from Kerala clinched gold with a meet record of 12.98 metres. The silver went to R Punitha from Tamil Nadu with the best jump of 12.39, while IIS athlete Sharvari Parulekar clinched the bronze medal with a jump of 12.30 metres.

Kerala’s Sruthilekshmi L won the gold medal with an effort of 6.11m in the Women’s long jump event. Odisha’s Manisha Merel bagged the silver medal (5.96m) and the bronze medal went to R Punitha of Tamil Nadu (5.85m).

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