CHENNAI: Long-jumper Aishwarya B clocked 6.73m during the qualifying rounds of the 61st inter-state National athletics meet at the JN Stadium on Sunday evening to breach the Commonwealth Games’ qualifying mark of 6.50m.
It was also the new meet record by the 24-year-old from Karnataka, rewriting the earlier distance of 6.63m set by Mayookha Johnny in 2011. The Bengaluru girl’s effort is the second best long jump mark by an Indian woman athlete behind Anju Bobby George (6.83m in Athens back in 2004).
