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Ancy Sojan was left disappointed to see the dip in the quality of senior girls' long jump at the Kerala School Games.
None of the participants managed to breach the Olympic qualification mark at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium.
The Thrissur native breached her personal best twice and leapt 6.63 metres to bag the second spot behind Shiqi Xiong of China, who jumped 6.73 metres to claim gold.
Keralite Sreeshankar produced a jump of 7.97m in his opening jump to book his spot in the final.
The Kerala long jumper is determined to bounce back after finishing fourth in the recent Asian Athletics Championships.
The Indian mixed 4x400m relay quartet clinched the gold with a time of 3 minute and 14.70 seconds while Sarvesh Anil Kushare and Swapna Barman added a silver each in men's high jump and heptathlon respectively.
India's top shot putter Tajinder Pal Toor shattered his own Asian record with a huge throw of 21.77m, qualifying for the World Championships.
The 24-year-old Malayali jumper registered his best attempt of 8.41m, way better than the World qualification mark of 8.25m, in the very first try of the qualification round.
The 24-year-old Keralite is the third Indian after discus thrower Vikas Gowda and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra to secure a top-three finish in the Diamond League.
The 24-year-old Sreeshankar defended the gold he had won last year with his sixth and last effort of 8.18m.
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