Here is India’s next Anju George! Creating national record, Shaili Singh qualifies for World Junior Athletics Championships
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New Delhi, November 5: India's long jumper Shaili Singh has broken the national record in the girls under-16 and under-18 groups at the 35th National Junior Athletics Meet in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. With this win, she now qualifies for the World Junior Athletics Championships in 2020.
Shaili broke her own national meet record in the under-16 category with a 6.01m effort Vs the old record of 5.94m in the qualification round. Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju congratulated this India’s potential medalist. The long jumper trains at the Sports Authority of India’s (SAI) Bangalore under India’s one of the greatest athletes Anju Bobby George.
“When we see an athlete, we sort of know how she could develop. And when I saw Shaili, her muscle formation, her explosiveness, her aggressiveness during the competition, I felt she had all the qualities to be a top jumper. We have six trainees in our centre, and Shaili is the most talented of the lot” – Anju George
Shaili hails from Karnataka. She grabbed spotlight when broke the under-16 National Record with a very impressive 5.94m effort at the junior Nationals in Ranchi last year.