Just in time: Aboobacker reserved his greatest for the final and clinched the win. | Photo Credit: Ok. MURALI KUMAR
The 29-year-old, nonetheless, narrowly missed the qualification mark of 17.22m for September’s World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Aboobacker, although, was assured that he would scale the gap at his subsequent occasion, which is generally prone to be the Federation Senior Athletics from April 21 to 24.
On the day, Aboobacker regarded rusty, for these are nonetheless early days within the season. He was trailing Praveen Chithravel till the final try and 4 of his first 5 jumps have been fouls. But with a big tailwind propelling him, he reserved his greatest for the final and relegated Praveen to second place (17.13m).
Moumita Mondal | Photo Credit: Ok. MURALI KUMAR
Elsewhere, Moumita Mondal overcame windy circumstances – and quite a lot of drops of rain – to file a private greatest in ladies’s lengthy soar (6.44m) and beat Asian Games silver medallist Ancy Sojan (6.33m) to the gold.
The outcomes: Men: High soar: 1. Sarvesh Anil Kushare (Mah) 2.19m, 2. Uchchaal Kumar Roy (Ben) 2.13m, 3. Swadhin Kumar Majhi (Odi) 2.13m; Long soar: 1. Sunny Kumar (Bih) 7.80m, 2. P. David (Railways) 7.73, 3. Sanmath Darshan (TN) 7.56; Triple soar: 1. Abdulla Aboobacker (Air Force) 17.19m, 2. Praveen Chithravel (TN) 17.13, 3. Ashok Yadav (Har) 15.94; Pole vault: 1. Gokul Nath (TN) 4.90m, 2. M. Gowtham (TN), 4.80, 3. Ok.G. Jessan (Ker) 4.80.
Women: High soar: 1. Abhinaya S. Shetty (JSW) 1.80m, 2. S.B. Supriya (Railways) 1.74, 3. Pallavi Patil (Kar) 1.74; Long soar: Moumita Mondal (Reliance) 6.44m, 2. Ancy Sojan (Ser) 6.33, 3. Sandra Babu (JSW) 6.03; Triple soar: 1. N.V. Sheena (Ker) 13.04m, 2. Poorva Hitesh Sawant (Mah) 12.98, 3. Nimisha Dayma (JSW) 12.95; Pole vault: 1. G. Sindhushree (Kar) 3.80m, 2. Baranica Elangovan (TN) 3.70, 3. V. Dharshini Vijayakumar (TN) 3.40.
Published – March 22, 2025 08:36 pm IST
