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Jumper Shaili Singh looks forward to international season after qualifying for Asian Athletics C'ships
May 20, 2025 4:03 pm
Long jumper Shaili Singh started her season with a jump of 6.45m to win gold at the Indian Open Athletics in Chennai.
Asian Games 2023, Day 9 Highlights: Ancy Sojan bags long jump silver, silver in mixed team relay, Parul & Priti ensure 2-3 finish in steeplechase
October 02, 2023 10:46 pm
Asian Games 2023 Day 9 Highlights: India's Parul Chaudhary wins silver, while Priti takes bronze edging out Bahrain's Tigest Getent Mekonen in the women's 3000m steeplechase.
Jhansi to Budapest via Bangalore: Long jumper Shaili Singh set to take centre stage at Athletics World Championship
August 19, 2023 7:19 pm
Five years ago, Shaili Singh did not even know the basics of long jump. On Saturday, the 19-year-old who boasts of an impressive CV will make her World Championship debut.
Asian Athletics Championships: Down with Covid in March, Shaili Singh overcomes aftereffects to win long jump silver
July 15, 2023 7:23 am
The 19-year-old long jumper came up with 6.54m in her very first attempt to take the lead momentarily after it was snatched by her Japanese competitor Sumire Hata, who came up with a 6.74m jump in the fourth round. Hata, nine years senior to Shaili, came up with a massive world-class 6.97m jump in the final round, more than 20cm better than her previous best.
Shaili Singh says she can break her mentor Anju Bobby George's national record this year
June 18, 2023 7:16 pm
In April, Shaili jumped 6.76m, the second longest distance by an Indian woman, behind the legendary Anju's 6.83m, which has stood for 19 years.
Long jumper Shaili Singh wins first senior outdoor medal in Japan
May 22, 2023 7:17 am
Teenager clinches bronze at Golden Grand Prix leaping 6.59m.
Shaili Singh can break my national record: Anju Bobby George
August 23, 2021 8:37 am
On Sunday, Shaili, 17, won the silver medal at the World U20 Championships in Nairobi with a jump of 6.59 metres (wind assisted), finishing behind European junior champion Maja Askag of Sweden by one centimetre.
Long jumper Shaili Singh, daughter of single mother, leaps to World U20 silver
August 24, 2021 8:40 am
The journey she made from Jhansi to Nairobi in her nascent but promising career has been full of metaphorical uphill climbs.
Long-jumping and breaking records: Shaili Singh, remember the name
November 07, 2019 9:21 am
Raised by a single mother, the record-breaking 15-year-old Jhansi girl is tipped to be the next Anju Bobby George. Last week itsef, Shaili Singh broke the U16 national record for the second time in a year.
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