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Asian Games medallist Ancy Sojan condemned widespread school athletics fraud, including age-fudging and doping. She warned that performance-enhancing drugs destroy natural talent and urged young athletes to rely on hard work instead.
Asian Games silver medallist Ancy Sojan returned to India, embracing her personal style amidst social media criticism regarding her appearance, asserting her focus remains on her athletic achievements.
Ancy Sojan won silver in the Asian Games long jump, narrowly missing gold by two centimetres, but remained positive, stating 'this is only my second Asian Games campaign, and my second medal.'
Ancy Sojan won Asian Games women's long jump silver with 6.53m, narrowly beaten by China's 6.55m jump.
The Indian athletics team heads to Japan for the Asian Games, with hopes of exceeding their 2023 medal tally, particularly in gold. Final training sessions are planned before the competition.
Kerala athletes won four golds at the Indian Athletics Series Final in Delhi, a key Asian Games warm-up, with Ancy Sojan and Tanya Chaudhary setting notable performances.
Ancy Sojan's performance also brought her closer to the women’s national record of 6.83 metres
The two star athletes cleared modest lengths to finish on the podium in Gumi, South Korea.
Ancy Sojan was left disappointed to see the dip in the quality of senior girls' long jump at the Kerala School Games.
None of the participants managed to breach the Olympic qualification mark at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium.
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