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InDepth headlines national business sports cricket regional entertainment technology world travel autos health | in-depth coverage > Olympic Games 2004 > Olympics: Anju moves into women's long jump final 09.51 IST 26th Aug 2004 By IndiaExpress Bureau After days of despair, India finally had something to cheer about with ace long jumper Anju Bobby George qualifying for the final of the women's long jump event in the Olympic Games in Athens Wednesday, achieving the qualifying mark with her very first jump. World no 6 Anju, the only medal hope remaining in the Olympics, leaped to a distance of 6.69m in her first attempt to make it to the final, though some of her fancied rivals like Marion Jones used their second jump to attain the qualifying mark of 6.65m. She became only the second Indian woman athlete to qualify for the final in athletics after P T Usha did so in the 400m hurdles at the Los Angeles Games in 1984. The 27-year-old athlete took the jump from at least five cm from the line to easily cross the qualification mark in group-A and skipped the remaining two jumps having achieved her objective. Anju fell two cm short of her season's best of 6.71m but since it was only the qualification round she did not exert herself too much. "My objective was to qualify for the final, that is the first step. I just played it safe and jumped from a little behind. I did not stretch myself much, did not go for distance". "I am happy that I have made it to the final. The real competition will come in the final, so I am just preparing myself for it. There I will try to give my best," she said. in-depth coverage > Olympic Games 2004 > |
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