{"id":294,"date":"2004-08-27T20:10:27","date_gmt":"2004-08-28T01:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=294"},"modified":"2005-01-14T00:48:19","modified_gmt":"2005-01-14T05:48:19","slug":"anju_bobby_geor_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2004\/08\/27\/anju_bobby_geor_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Anju Bobby George places sixth in long jump"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian medal hope Anju Bobby George<\/a> set a personal best and broke the Indian national record with her sixth-place finish in the long jump at the Olympics.<\/p>\n\n

Vinod has rightly complained about the unsupportive Indian press<\/a>, but the Indian Express<\/i> had kind words for George<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

It may have been a failure for Anju Bobby George. But it was a success story for Indian athletics… In fact her 6.83 was better than her own national mark of 6.74 which she had done twice.<\/blockquote>\n\n

And the Times of India<\/i> sent this valentine<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

It’s alright, Anju, you are our Athena<\/b>

\n\nShe aroused great passions among Indian sports fans just as sprint queen P T Usha had two decades ago… To her credit, Anju kept her cool and pushed herself to the limit. In the end, Anju Bobby George achieved what she was meant to: break through a mental threshold for millions of Indians.<\/blockquote>\n\n

Meanwhile, the women’s 4×400 relay team, a.k.a. the Secret Punjabi-Malayalee Sprinters Alliance of Rajwinder Kaur, Manjeet Kaur, K.M. Beenamol and Chitra Soman, qualified for the finals, just as a previous women’s 4×400 team did in Los Angeles in ’84.<\/p>\n\n

Update:<\/b> Mango Swami observed their shapely modesty<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n

[T]hey were the only team not wearing those skimpy bikini running shorts. Forget cutting-edge aerodynamics, we kick it old school, Umbro shorts and waist-length plaits.<\/blockquote>\n\n

Update 2:<\/b> The relay team placed seventh in the finals<\/a> after their anchor, Manjeet Kaur, fell ill and had to be replaced with an alternate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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