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Anju
Clears First Jump, Bags Silver
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With
around a month remaining for the athletic
action to begin at the Athens Olympic
Games, Indian long jumper Anju George
received a shot in the arm with a
silver medal at the Meeting de Madrid,
a Grand Prix classified athletic event,
in Madrid. Her effort of 6.62 metres
was 0.04 metres of her year's best
and well off her personal best of
6.74m. Significantly, Anju, who is
No. 4 in the world now, began the
event with a perfectly valid jump,
something that she has not been able
to achieve right through the season.
In fact, Anju's first four jumps were
all valid (6.44, 6.49, 6.62 and 6.56).
She fouled in her last two efforts,
going all out to clinch the top place.
Australian Bronwyn Thompson, world
No. 17, was first with a 6.80m in
her fifth attempt. Until four rounds,
Anju was in the lead until Thompson,
who has personal best of 7m and season's
best of 6.66m, came up with the winning
jump. Great Britain's Jade Johnson
was third with 6.58.Results: 1 Bronwyn
Thompson (Aus) 6.80m, 2 Anju George
6.62m, 3 Jade Johnson (GBR) 6.58,
4 Adina Anton (Rom) 6.56, 5 Tatyana
Ter-mesrobyan (Rus) 6.50.
Courtesy:
The Times of India, July 19, 2004
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In
Athens, Bentla will Bend it for India
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It's
only for the third time that Indian
football will feature in the Olympics.
And representing the country in Athens
next month, is a solitary woman. The
Asian Football Federation (AFC) has
picked Bentla D'Couth, India's sole
international FIFA woman referee,
to blow the whistle during the 2004
Olympics. And already, the tension
is building up, admits the 34-year-old.
''The greatness of the Games in itself
is challenging and I am feeling the
pressure,'' says D'Couth. She will
be the second Indian after Komaleeswaran
Sankar, who refereed some men's football
matches in Sydney 2000, to officiate
at this level. The Indian team had,
of course, taken part in the 1956
Games.
Courtesy:
The Indian Express, July 18, 2004
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Bhupathi-Bjorkman
Lift Swedish Open
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India's
Mahesh Bhupathi and Jonas Bjorkman
of Sweden lifted the doubles crown
of the Swedish Open on Monday after
a hard-fought win over Simon Aspelin
and Todd Perry in the final at Bastaad,
Sweden. The top-seeded pair warded
off a spirited challenge for a 4-6,
7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-2) win.
Courtesy:
The Asian Age, July 17, 2004
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