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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.
Indian hockey goalkeeper P R Sreejesh, relay winners Mohammad Anas and Mohammad Ajmal and silver medalist long jumper Ancy Sojan were among those felicitated.
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.
The Kerala long jumper is determined to bounce back after finishing fourth in the recent Asian Athletics Championships.
Shaili Singh won the silver in women’s long jump with a best effort of 6.54m.
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.
Long Jumper Ancy Sojan and Triple Jumper Abdulla Aboobacker gave Kerala the gold medals on the final day of the meet in Ranchi.
Ancy will have to repeat or better her performance at the final trials to be assured of a berth in the Hangzhou Games.
Ancy could manage only a best of 6.25m, which placed her 13th in the overall standings.
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