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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.
Indian hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh, relay winners Mohammad Anas and Mohammad Ajmal and silver medalist long jumper Ancy Sojan were among those felicitated.
The Thrissur native breached her personal best twice and leapt 6.63 metres to bag the second spot behind Shiqi Xiong of China, who jumped 6.73 metres to claim gold.
The Kerala long jumper is determined to bounce back after finishing fourth in the recent Asian Athletics Championships.
Shaili Singh won the silver in women’s long jump with a best effort of 6.54m.
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