India's best bet in women's long jump, Neena Varakil, won a silver medal in the event with a mark of 6.51m at the ongoing Asian Games in Jakarta on Monday. Thi Thu Thao Bui of Vietnam inched ahead, winning gold with a jump of 6.55m.
Neena recorded her best jump of 6.51m in the fourth attempt and settled for the silver. She becomes the first Indian to bag a medal in long jump since Anju Bobby George in 2006
Though Thi Thu Thao Bui of Vietnam bettered Neena's strategies to win the gold with a season’s best jump of 6.55, we must praise the Indian who put up a stellar show. Xiaoling Xu of China won the bronze with an effort of 6.50.
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Earlier at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, the Kerala girl Neena took home the silver. Also last year, Neena shone brilliantly after winning a gold at the Asian Grand Prix. She stole the limelight and bagged the gold in women's long jump as India won six medals.
She had also won a silver in women's long jump in the first leg at another Chinese city of Jinhua in the same year with an effort of 6.46m. Her personal best is 6.66m, which she recorded in 2016.
Unfortunately, the 27-year-old ace long jumper couldn't put up a good show at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in April this year. She finished 10th with a best jump of 6.19m.
SheThePeople.TV congratulates Neena!
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