Punjab, Oct. 10 -- The 65th National Open Athletics Championships are in their final day at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in Delhi, having run since 8 October. The meet has produced one meet record, a 10.25 hundred metres, and the most interesting result of the week - Shaili Singh taking a bronze in an event she had never competed in.
Shaili Singh's triple jump debut
India's best long jumper entered the women's triple jump for the first time and finished third with 13.31m. Asha Ilango won it at 13.89m, with Shairabi Roy second at 13.36m.
A long jumper crossing into the triple jump is not a casual experiment. The two events share a run-up and nothing else: the triple jump's hop-step-jump loads the take-off leg at several times body weight,...