New Delhi [India], August 22 (ANI): Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra congratulated Anju Bobby George for her “mentorship and guidance” to Shaili Singh after the 17-year-old long jumper won silver at the U20 Athletics World Championships in Nairobi on Sunday.
Shaili jumped 6.59m in the third attempt and registered her best show in the event to collect silver while Swedish Maja Askag won gold with a jump of 6.60m. Ukraine’s Mariia Horielova managed to settle for bronze by recording 6.50m.
“Congratulations, Shaili! You came so close to Gold today, and I’m sure you have a long way to go Congratulations to @ anjubobbygeorg1 wife for your mentorship and guidance to Shaili,” tweeted Neeraj Chopra.
Shaili joined the Anju Bobby Sports Foundation in 2017 as a 14-year-old after being discovered by Robert Bobby George, who helped Anju Bobby George to India’s solo world championships in 2003. The youth has since grown by leaps and bounds junior records several times.
This was India’s third medal in the showpiece event which has already won bronze in the 4x400m mixed relay team on Wednesday and silver by Amit Khatri in the 10,000m racewalking event on Saturday.
Jumped first in the final, the Indian athlete recorded an identical 6.34m in the first two attempts. Shaili then made a huge improvement with a 6.59m in his third jump. Wind assistance of 2.2 m / s was registered together with that attempt, but it took her to the top of the standings and went into the last three attempts.
Triple jump champion Maja Askag soon gave her personal best in the fourth attempt and went into the lead with 6.60m. At the same time, Shaili’s fourth and fifth attempts were an X. In her last attempt, the Indian did not succeed in improving her third attempt, as Swedish Maja Askag won gold with a difference of 1 cm. (ANI)