We have many 80m-plus throwers now and so the competition is tough. "The inspiration Neeraj Chopra has given us is immense.
I am hoping to be in the World Championships also," said Rohit, who is on 18th spot out of 36 competitors in the Road to Budapest chart of World Athletics. I am just thinking when that will happen. "I had been consistent with 80m-plus for some time but I am not reaching 85m. Rohit sent the spear to 83.28m in his first throw for his best of the day, while Kishore and Shivpal came up with 82.87m and 81.96m respectively. In javelin throw, three athletes - Rohit Yadav of Uttar Pradesh, Kishore Kumar Jena of Odisha and Shivpal Singh, also of Uttar Pradesh, breached the Asian Games qualifying mark of 78.23m. If I do that, I will be able to jump longer. I have to work a lot on the runway and take off. "I left a lot behind (the board) in the first jump. It was an experience for the future." Shaili, who recorded her personal best of 6.76m earlier this year, said she needs to work on the runway and take off.
"I was competing with myself and not with anybody. I was very aggressive in the first three jumps and that consumed a lot of energy for the remaining three attempts," Sojan, who has a personal best of 6.56m, said. "It was an average performance and it was a bit of my fault. Both qualified for the Asian Games after breaching the qualifying mark of 6.45m. Shaili, who was leading till the fourth round, had a best of 6.49m from her second jump. The 22-year-old Sojan had a best of 6.51m which she achieved in the fifth round. My next competition is the Lausanne Diamond League (on June 30) and then the World Championships." Ancy Sojan of Kerala beat India number one Shaili Singh of Uttar Pradesh for the women's long jump gold. "I have jumped 8.29m, 8.36m and 8.31m in Europe (last year), so it depends on the day.
"I have won the gold but I am not happy with my performance, I would have jumped a longer distance," he told PTI after his event. He had also produced jumps of 8.36m during the Federation Cup last year and 8.31m in a competition in Greece a month later.Įarlier this season, Sreeshankar had 8.29m in the USA in April but that had come with a wind assistance of +3.1m/s speed, not permissible for record purposes.
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