Long jumper Shaili Singh after profitable the bronze medal at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Yokohama on Sunday.
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Shaili Singh opened her international outside season with a bronze at the Seiko Golden Grand Prix, a World Athletics Continental Tour-Gold occasion, in Yokohama, Japan, on Sunday.
Shaili, the 2021 under-20 Worlds silver medallist who has a private better of 6.76m, opened with a wind-assisted 6.65m (+2.1) and that was her finest for the day. That saved the 19-year-old World No. 76, a SAI NCOE athlete coached by Robert Bobby George at Bengaluru’s Anju Bobby High Performance Centre, within the lead until the midway stage earlier than Germany’s World No. 17 Maryse Luzolo recorded a wind-aided 6.79m (+2.5) within the fifth spherical that gave her the gold.
Ausralia’s Commonwealth Games silver medallist Brooke Buschkuehl, the World No. 8 who has a private finest of seven.13m, took the silver with 6.77m.
Shaili makes her bronze-winning leap.
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Shaili’s collection additionally included a 6.59m within the second spherical below authorized wind circumstances and the end result on this class ‘A’ occasion ought to assist her climb a number of rungs within the ‘Road to Budapest’ rankings. She is at present within the 42 nd spot and solely 36 could make it to the World Championships in Hungary in August. The qualification gates for the Budapest Worlds shut on July 30.
“I was expecting something like 6.80m… her landing was not proper, there was a bit of rotation,” Bobby advised The Hindu from Japan.
“Still this is a very good performance at her first world-class international meet. She now has the inter-State Nationals (in Bhubaneswar, July) and the Asian Championships (Thailand, July) ahead of her.”
Japan’s Sumire Hata, who received the Indoor Asians gold in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, in February was fourth in Japan with 6.48m.
The outcomes:
Women’s lengthy bounce: 1. Maryse Luzolo (Ger) 6.79m; 2. Brooke Buschkuehl (Aus) 6.77; 3. Shaili Singh (Ind) 6.65m.
