Ram. Murali Krishnan for the IAAF
5 June 2001 - Thiruvananthapuram, India - Anju B. George (nee Markose) assured her place as the 'Superwoman' of Indian athletics by leaping to a new National Record 6.74m here yesterday.
The 24-years old Anju, a Chennai Customs employee, took advantage of the slightly downhill runway at University Stadium with a tail wind of 1.3m/s made a big leap in her first try and landed on the pit to a record distance, which was just 1 cm shorter than the "A" standard for the ensuing World Championship at Edmonton.
Anju, forced to skip the Sydney Olympic Games due to ankle injury last year, however made the "B" grade of 6.65m and is confident of making the national team this time.
Another noteworthy result came from Women's 400m race in which Jincy Philip edged Sydney Olympic semi-finalist K.M. Beenamol to win the race at 54.04 secs.
Results:
Men:
100m: 1. Sandeep Sarkaria 10.69, 2. Clifford Joshua 10.76,
3. Anand Menezes 10.84;
400m: 1. Satvir Singh 47.85, 2. Lijo David Thottan 48.32, 3. Jata Shankar 48.93;
800m: 1. P.S. Primesh 1:54.83, 2. K.M. Binu 1:55.51, 3. K.A. Jayakumar 1:55.99;
1,500m: 1. Arun D'Souza 4:00.50, 2. Joseph Baxla 4:00.55, 3. Rajesh Kumar 4:07.36;
LJ: 1. Satish Kumar 7.42, 2. Robin M. Varghese 7.31, 3. Anil Kumar 7.13;
SP: 1. Navpreet Singh 18.27, 2. Kuldip Singh Mann 17.41, 3. Jaiveer Singh 17.37;
HT: 1. Ishtiyaque Ahmed 63.38, 2. Pramod Tiwari 63.30, 3. Nirbhay Singh 59.10;
JT: 1. Md. Fazal Ansari 74.68, 2. B.S. Dubey 73.40, 3. Ranjit Moria 72.36;
Women:
100m: 1. Kavita Pandya 11.84, 2. V. Pandeswari 11.97, 3. P.V. Sindhu 12.64;
400m: 1. Jincy Philip 54.04, 2. K.M. Beenamol 54.27, 3. R. Sukumari 56.32;
1,500m: 1. Madhuri A. Singh 4:34.95, 2. Harjit Kaur 4:35.26, 3. Preeja Sreedharan 4:45.27;
LJ: 1. Anju B. George (nee Markose) 6.74 (New National Record), 2. Anisha K. Vijayan 5.52,
3. Smitha Francis 5.31;
DT: 1. Neelam J. Singh 56.40, 2. Sugan Yadav 56.22, 3. Seema Antil 55.70m.