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Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George placed second in the women's long jump with a leap of 6.52 metres at the Asian Games.
The Athletics Federation of India announced a 43-member contingent, comprising 21 men and 22 women athletes, for the Games.
The Indian long jumper could manage only 6.43m to finish a lowly seventh at the IAAF Super Tour in Doha.
Anju Bobby George, who managed a best leap of 6.54m, finished sixth in the women's long jump at the Commonwealth Games.
Russia's Kotova Tatyana won the gold with an effort of 6.83m.
Anju Bobby George won the women's long jump while the women's 4x400 metres relay team \nset a new record in the Asian Athletics Championships.
India's long jump ace's optimism springs from consistency in her jumps.
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.
Long jumper Anju Bobby George accomplished a season's best 6.55 metres to clinch a gold medal and add to India's medal tally of five gold, four silver and two bronze in the third leg of Asian Grand Prix in Haoni.
Star Indian long jumper Anju Bobby George has officially become the gold medal winner of the World Athletics Final, held at Monte Carlo in 2005, after the International Association of Athletics Federation ratified the result of the meet.
The long jumper qualified despite failing to better her season's best performance at the Word Athletics Championships.
The ace long jumper got 180 points for her sixth place at the Athens Olympics to move up with 1247 points.
After being out of action for over a year due to ankle injury, India's ace long-jumper Anju Bobby George has resumed training once again but said she sees herself in competitive contention only next year.
India's ace long jumper expressed confidence of clearing the 7-metre barrier soon.
Ace long jumper Anju Bobby George will lead a 32-member team in the three-day championship, starting in Doha on Thursday.
The Indian ace cleared 6.61 metres in the women's long jump at the Seiko Super track and field meet.
India's ace long jumper is striving for consistent seven metre-plus jumps this season.
India's champion long jumper says she is still struggling to find her rhythm.
With that in mind, India's World Athletics championships bronze medallist said victory is a sure possibility.
The 27-year-old star athlete managed a jump of only 6.46m at the Japan Grand Prix in Osaka.
Anju Bobby George jumped her season's best mark of 6.55m but finished fifth at the Super Grand Prix event in Doha.
The ace long jumper said a leg injury cost her the gold in the event at the Asian Games.
The lanky long jumper cleared 6.53m to finish a disappointing ninth in the final of the World Championship.
The ace long jumper will carry the Indian flag in the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympics.
Anju Bobby George and Seema Antil, will represent India at the three Asian Grand Prix events slated later this month.
The Indian ace listed world number one Tatyana Kotova and Americans Tianna Madison and Grace Upshaw as her main competitors in Moscow.
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 cleared 6.61 metres and placed behind the Russian trio of Irina Simagina, Tatyana Lebedeva and Tatyana Kotova in that order.
World long jump record holder Mike Powell predicts a bright future for the Indian ace.
The 25-year-old star touched a distance of 6.49 metres to finish second in the Stockholm IAAF Super Grand Prix tournament.
She has also booked a spot at the World Athletics Finals in Monaco scheduled for September 9-10.
The Indian long jumper dropped down three places in the latest world rankings.
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