Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin strikes gold in Switzerland
The Hindu
Jeswin Aldrin, world leader in long jump, won gold at Citius athletics meeting in Bern, Switzerland on Friday with 8.22m jump. He had struggled in recent meets due to COVID, but this jump shows he is ready for World Championships in Budapest this month.
World leader Jeswin Aldrin, who skipped the recent Asian Championships in Bangkok, produced a timely 8.22m as he won the long jump gold at the Citius athletics meeting in Bern, Switzerland, on Friday.
Aldrin, who took the world lead with 8.42m in his outdoor season-opener at Ballari in March, had struggled in his next few meets. He was down with COVID and his fitness was down for a few months.
But with Friday’s big jump at the World Athletics Continental Tour-Bronze event, the 21-year-old has proved that he is ready for this month’s World Championships in Budapest.
Asian Games champion Avinash Sable opened his season in the 3000m steeple chase with a silver in the Portland Track Festival, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze event, in Oregon on Saturday. He clocked 8:21.85s. Asian champion Parul Chaudhary took the bronze in the women’s 3000m steeple chase in a season-best 9:31.38s. Former Asian bronze medallist Sanjivani Jadhav struck gold in the women’s 10,000m in 32:22.77s, a time which was a second off her personal best, while Seema was sixth in 32:55.91s.