India's [ Images ] leading woman athlete Anju Bobby George [ Images ] finished seventh in long jump in the World Indoor athletics championships which concluded in Birmingham on Sunday.

Anju, who won a gold medal at the Busan Asian Games, and a bronze at the Commonwwealth Games last year and in the process became the first Indian to win a medal in athletics in the event, covered 6.40 metres in her second and third attempts before fouling the next three jumps to finish seventh in a top class field of nine.

The 26-year-old, ranked 15th in the world before the competition, began with a jump of 6.25 metres before getting stuck at 6.40 metres in what was her first indoor meet.

At the Asian Games she covered 6.53 metres while at the Commonwealth Games [ Images ] she recorded 6.49 metres.

Russia's [ Images ] Tatyano Kotova won the gold, leaping to a distance of 6.84 metres. Ukraine's Inessa Kravets took the silver covering 6.72 metres and Maureen Higa Maggi of Brazil [ Images ] the bronze, with an effort of 6.70 metres.