Simply in time: Aboobacker reserved his finest for the final and clinched the win.
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Commonwealth Video games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker equalled his private better of 17.19m to win the lads’s triple soar gold on the 4th Indian Open Jumps Competitors on the Anju Bobby George Basis right here on Saturday.
The 29-year-old, nonetheless, narrowly missed the qualification mark of 17.22m for September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Aboobacker, although, was assured that he would scale the gap at his subsequent occasion, which is generally more likely to be the Federation Senior Athletics from April 21 to 24.
On the day, Aboobacker appeared rusty, for these are nonetheless early days within the season. He was trailing Praveen Chithravel till the final try and 4 of his first 5 jumps had been fouls. However with a big tailwind propelling him, he reserved his finest for the final and relegated Praveen to second place (17.13m).
Moumita Mondal
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Elsewhere, Moumita Mondal overcame windy circumstances – and various drops of rain – to report a private finest in girls’s lengthy soar (6.44m) and beat Asian Video games silver medallist Ancy Sojan (6.33m) to the gold.
The outcomes: Males: Excessive soar: 1. Sarvesh Anil Kushare (Mah) 2.19m, 2. Uchchaal Kumar Roy (Ben) 2.13m, 3. Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odi) 2.13m; Triple soar: 1. Abdulla Aboobacker (Air Drive) 17.19m, 2. Praveen Chithravel (TN) 17.13, 3. Ashok Yadav (Har) 15.94; Pole vault: 1. Gokul Nath (TN) 4.90m, 2. M. Gowtham (TN), 4.80, 3. Okay.G. Jessan (Ker) 4.80.
Girls: Excessive soar: 1. Abhinaya S. Shetty (JSW) 1.80m, 2. S.B. Supriya (Railways) 1.74, 3. Pallavi Patil (Kar) 1.74; Lengthy soar: Moumita Mondal (Reliance) 6.44m, 2. Ancy Sojan (Ser) 6.33, 3. Sandra Babu (JSW) 6.03; Triple soar: 1. N.V. Sheena (Ker) 13.04m, 2. Poorva Hitesh Sawant (Mah) 12.98, 3. Nimisha Dayma (JSW) 12.95; Pole vault: 1. G. Sindhushree (Kar) 3.80m, 2. Baranica Elangovan (TN) 3.70, 3. V. Dharshini Vijayakumar (TN) 3.40.
Printed – March 22, 2025 08:36 pm IST