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Anju George sixth in Madrid

July 20, 2003 19:20 IST

India's [ Images ] ace long jumper Anju Bobby George [ Images ] finished sixth in the IAAF Super Grand Prix [ Images ] Series in Madrid, Spain.

Anju, who made her Grand Prix debut at the Peroni Golden Gala meet in Rome last week, touched a distance of 6.54 metres on Saturday night, according to information on the IAAF website.

The 25-year-old Keralite's personal best is 6.74m, which she equalled in Delhi [ Images ] last year before her bronze medal
winning effort in the Commonwealth Games [ Images ].

Ukraine's Inessa Kravets won the gold leaping to a distance of 6.76m beating Commonwealth and European silver
medallist Jade Johnson (6.69) of England [ Images ].

Jamaican Elva Golbourne (6.68), who won the gold at the Manchester Commonwealth Games, was third while German star Heike Drechsler did not finish the competition.

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