Tamil Nadu’s Jeswin Aldrin hogged the limelight with a nationwide report in males’s lengthy leap within the second AFI National Jumps Competition close to right here on Thursday. The 21-year-old leapt 8.42 metres to erase the the earlier mark of 8.36 metres set by India teammate M Sreeshankar on the Federation Cup in Kozhikode in April final 12 months. Aldrin, who had received silver on the Asian Indoor Championships in Astana final month with a 7.97-metre effort, made essentially the most of being in a aggressive body to interrupt the nationwide report. Aldrin had leapt 8.37 metres in Kozhikode final 12 months to win gold however since his leap was wind aided, it wasn’t thought of a nationwide report by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI). Sreeshankar, who bagged silver on the meet with a leap of 8.36m, made the nationwide report his personal because it got here with a authorized tailwind.

A measure of Aldrin’s dominance on Thursday could be had from the actual fact he was the one competitor to cross the eight-metre mark.

He opened with 8.05m and adopted it up with 8.26 earlier than discovering the ability and pace to get to eight.42m. Kerala’s Muhammed Anees Yahiya was a distant second at 7.85 metres.

“The national record has been a while coming and I am happy it has come at a venue where I have been training. It is the result of hard work turned in here over the last few years,” stated Aldrin.

“I now want to produce this kind of performance at the global level.” Gayathry Sivakumar set the ladies’s triple leap meet report with a hop, step and leap over 12.98 metres to interrupt the 12.68m mark set by Aleena Jose within the inaugural version in Thiruvananthapuram final 12 months.

She had solely two legitimate jumps in six makes an attempt, however each have been ok for gold. She opened with a 12.46m and obtained the report in her third try.

Tamil Nadu’s R Punitha edged out Maharashtra’s Sharvari Parulekar for silver within the occasion with a leap of 12.39 metres.

Featured Video Of The Day

Watch: Axar Patel And His Wife Meha Visit Baba Mahakal Temple In Ujjain