Jeswin Aldrin was a confused kid a few years ago. He started with the long jump at school and then moved to high jump but the best he could do was 1.85m so he returned to the long jump five years ago, at 16, determined to work harder in the event.
He is doing very impressively now. The 20-year-old from Mudalur in Tamil Nadu’s Thoothukudi District produced a 8.20m long jump at the Indian Grand Prix in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday that carried him to the top of the outdoor world list this year.
“I was hoping to jump over 8m but 8.20m was a surprise. I was hoping to do 8.20 in the Federation Cup,” Aldrin, who trains under two-time World championship triple jump silver medallist Yoandris Betanzos of Cuba at the JSW’s Inspire Institute of Sport in Bellary, told The Hindu.
