She is simply 19 and two years into the senior circuit, however Shaili Singh is already India’s primary girl lengthy jumper, and is seeking to break her mentor Anju Bobby George’s nationwide report this 12 months.
In April, Shaili jumped 6.76m, the second longest distance by an Indian girl, behind the legendary Anju’s 6.83m, which has stood for 19 years.
Anju herself believes that her protege might erase her nationwide report.
“Anju madam says I can break her record since I am very near to it (7cm short) and she wants that to happen this year. She says I am in that range, and so I feel I can do it,” Shaili stated after the ladies’s lengthy soar qualifying spherical on the National Inter-State Athletics Championship right here on Sunday.
She made it to the ultimate spherical in third place with a greatest soar of 6.27m, behind Kerala jumpers Ancy Sojan and Nayana James.
Sojan breached the Asian Games mark of 6.45m with a greatest effort of 6.49m whereas James produced 6.31m.
“I lost one month this year while recovering from an injury. I am getting fitter. I feel I can do 6.70m to 6.80m,” stated Sojan, whose private greatest is 6.56m, when requested what her goal distance is.
Shaili stated she is going to attempt to soar farther within the ultimate on Monday. She has already breached the Asian Games qualifying mark with that 6.76m soar in Bengaluru in April and 6.65m effort whereas ending third on the prestigious Seiko Golden Grand Prix in Japan final month.
“I tried to cross 6.45m (Asian Games qualifying mark), but it did not happen. But I am still happy, I will improve in the final.” She stated the new and humid situation on the Kalinga Stadium right here is like having a “Sauna Bath ‘.
“The conditions are difficult but the target given to me by my coach is to do better than the 6.76m that I had done in Bangalore in April.”
She trains on the Anju Bobby George Sports Foundation in Bengaluru beneath Anju’s husband Robert who can be a excessive efficiency coach with the Sports Authority of India.
