World number seven Anju Bobby George [ Images ] failed to finish on the podium at the IAAF Japan [ Images ] Grand Prix [ Images ] after finishing fourth with a below par performance in Osaka on Saturday.

The 27-year-old Indian, who went into the meet as one of the favourites alongside Grace Upshaw of the USA, managed only a 6.46m.

Japan's Kumiko Ikeda emerged as the surprise winner claiming the gold with a leap of 6.65m. Upshaw won the silver with a jump of 6.58m while another home challenger Maho Hanaoka clinched the bronze clearing 6.57m.

 Asian Games gold medallist Anju, who last year became the first Indian to win a medal at the World Athletic Championships in Paris, had last month cleared 6.66m to win the first National Athletic Circuit Meet at the Jawaharlal Nehru [ Images ] stadium in New Delhi [ Images ].

Her personal best of 6.74m is also a national record in women's long jump.

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