Jeswin Aldrin breaks M Sreeshankars mens long jump national record with 8.42m leap
March 2, 2023
Aldrin had leapt 8.37 metres in Kozhikode last year to win gold but since his jump was wind aided, it wasnt considered a national record by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). Sreeshankar, who bagged silver at the meet with a jump of 8.36m, made the national record his own as it came with a legal tailwind.
A measure of Aldrins dominance on Thursday can be had from the fact he was the only competitor to cross the eight-metre mark.
He opened with 8.05m and followed it up with 8.26 before finding the power and speed to get to 8.42m. Keralas Muhammed Anees Yahiya was a distant second at 7.85 metres.
The national record has been a while coming and I am happy it has come at a venue where I have been training. It is the result of hard work turned in here over the last few years, said Aldrin.
I now want to produce this kind of performance at the global level. Gayathry Sivakumar set the womens triple jump meet record with a hop, step and jump over 12.98 metres to break the 12.68m mark set by Aleena Jose in the inaugural edition in Thiruvananthapuram last year.
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She had only two valid jumps in six attempts, but both were good enough for gold. She opened with a 12.46m and got the record in her third attempt.
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