Anju is in Pune to take part in the long jump competition of the third and final leg of the Asian Grand Prix circuit to be held on Friday.
The ace long jumper will begin preparations with a three-month training stint in Bangalore from December 1.
India's champion long jumper says she is still struggling to find her rhythm.
The Asian Games gold medallist leaped to a distance of 6.65 metres, at the Jim Bush Southern California championship.
With that in mind, India's World Athletics championships bronze medallist said victory is a sure possibility.
Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George will lead a 32-member team in the three-day championship, starting in Doha on Thursday.
"While you were squeezing the life out of your wife, your children can be heard crying in the background for their mummy. It is clear that they heard what was going on and knew that she was being hurt by you," the judge noted in his sentencing remarks.
Anju Bobby George jumped her season's best mark of 6.55m but finished fifth at the Super Grand Prix event in Doha.
The 27-year-old star athlete managed a jump of only 6.46m at the Japan Grand Prix in Osaka.
Legendary Indian athlete Milkha Singh has demanded action against Anju Bobby George for her Olympics flop-show, saying the ace long jumper was underprepared going into the quadrennial extravaganza in Beijing.
India's ace long jumper Anju Bobby George says none of the athletes have come close to an Olympic medal-winning performance this year.
The Indian ace listed world number one Tatyana Kotova and Americans Tianna Madison and Grace Upshaw as her main competitors in Moscow.
Husband and coach Bobby George said Anju can smash the seven metre barrier as early as next month in the Afro-Asian Games.
'The Congress wants to distort the very fabric of Indian society because they are obsessed with vote bank politics.'
The ace long jumper will carry the Indian flag in the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics.
'It was not a love affair, it was much more.'
Indian athletes put in a spirited performance on the international stage in 2004, which saw K M Binu joining Anju Bobby George as the country's future hope.
World long jump record holder Mike Powell predicts a bright future for the Indian ace.
The ace long jumper slipped one spot to joint eighth in the latest IAAF rankings.
The 25-year-old star touched a distance of 6.49 metres to finish second in the Stockholm IAAF Super Grand Prix tournament.
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres in the women's long jump at the Seiko Super track and field meet.
Anju Bobby George came up with her best jump of the season to book a place in Tuesday's long jump final in Helsinki
The Indian long jumper dropped down three places in the latest world rankings.
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres and placed behind the Russian trio of Irina Simagina, Tatyana Lebedeva and Tatyana Kotova in that order.
Anju Bobby George and Seema Antil, will represent India at the three Asian Grand Prix events slated later this month.
The gold went to Kluft Carolina of Sweden with a jump of 6.85 metres at the D N Galan Super Grand Prix.
The delay in procuring a visa for different countries maty force India's long jump ace to miss a couple of Grand Prix meets.
Long jumper Anju Booby George expressed happiness on Tuesday after her second place finish at the 2005 Monaco World Athletics Final was upgraded to a gold medal, saying the frustrating time she endured for last nine years was worth the wait.
She has also booked a spot at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco scheduled for September 9-10.
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