Indian Open Jumps: Mubassina Mohammed Clinches Long Jump Gold with Personal Best

Bengaluru :Rising Indian long jumper Mubassina Mohammed secured the gold medal in the women’s long jump event at the Fifth Indian Open Jumps Competition held at the Anju Bobby George Foundation Campus in Bengaluru on Sunday.

The 20-year-old athlete, representing the Anju Bobby George Sports Foundation, delivered an impressive performance with a winning jump of 6.38 metres, surpassing her previous personal best of 6.36 metres.

Mubassina maintained consistent form throughout the competition, recording jumps of 6.18m, 6.24m, 6.29m, 5.81m, 6.15m, before achieving her best effort of 6.38m.

Bhavani Yadav of the Railways finished second with a jump of 6.27 metres, earning the silver medal. Kusuma Ravada, also representing the Anju Bobby George Sports Foundation, secured the bronze medal with a jump of 6.08 metres.

Men’s Triple Jump Highlights

On the opening day of the competition, an intense contest unfolded in the men’s triple jump between Abdulla Aboobacker and Praveen Chithravel.

Representing the Indian Air Force, Aboobacker produced his best jump of 16.83 metres on his third attempt to claim the gold medal. His earlier attempts measured 16.05m and 16.57m, after which he opted not to take the remaining three jumps.

Chithravel finished close behind, taking the silver medal with a jump of 16.78 metres in the season-opening competition.

Other Notable Results (Day 2)

Men’s Long Jump:

• Purushotham (Karnataka) – 7.87m

• Suran Payasingh (Odisha) – 7.78m

• Saran S (Tamil Nadu) – 7.77m

Men’s U20 Long Jump:

• Yuvraj K (NCOE Trivandrum) – 7.63m

• Ayush Yadav (Delhi) – 7.26m

• Dhanush Raj M (Kerala) – 7.06m

Men’s U18 Long Jump:

• Rajeev Roy (NCOE Trivandrum) – 7.45m

• Sagar Parjapati (Uttar Pradesh) – 7.07m

• Aaron S (Karnataka) – 6.89m

Men’s U20 Pole Vault:

• R Hariharan Ramesh (Tamil Nadu) – 4.55m

• Ajeet Kumar (Rajasthan) – 4.50m

• Ashish Kumar Yadav (Madhya Pradesh) – 4.40m

Women’s Triple Jump:

• Mallala Anusha (Andhra Pradesh) – 13.18m

• Aleena T Saji (Kerala) – 13.12m

• Nimisha Dayma (JSW) – 13.08m

Women’s U20 Long Jump:

• Tamanna (Haryana) – 5.93m

• Priya (Anju Bobby George Foundation) – 5.59m

• Sharda Bhardwaj (Uttar Pradesh) – 5.40m

Women’s U18 Long Jump:

• Kashish (Haryana) – 5.58m

• M Jenista Shanu (Tamil Nadu) – 5.47m

• Skashi Christina (Karnataka) – 5.34m

Women’s High Jump:

• Pooja (JSW) – 1.76m

• Kevinna Ashwine (Railway) – 1.74m

• Pallavi Patil (Railway) – 1.71m

Women’s U18 High Jump:

• Harshini Rajasekar (Tamil Nadu) – 1.50m

• Dixita Rajesh (Gujarat) – 1.45m

Women’s Pole Vault:

• Baranica Elangovan (Tamil Nadu) – 4.10m

• Sindhushree G (NCOE Bengaluru) – 3.95m

• Babita Patel (CISF) – 3.90m.