2011 Asian Athletics Championships – Women's long jump

None February 2020 The Women's Long jump of the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships was held on 7 July 2011 in the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium of Kobe, Japan. In the women's long jump event, 14 athletes from the seven nations and one Chinese SAR (Hong Kong) participated. The gold medal was won by the Indian athlete Mayookha Johny with a best jump of 6.56 meters. Yuliya Tarasova of Uzbekistan, the current Asian leader of the event with a jump of 6.68 meters, failed to win a medal and finished fourth with a best jump of 6.37 meters. Another favorite, South Korean Jung Soon-Ok—with a personal best of 6.76 meters—also failed to finish on the podium. Her best jump of 6.12 meters was not even good enough for her to reach the last eight in the competition.http://www.asianathletics.org/AAC2011/toplist2011.pdf 2011 Asian Top 20 Lists – Women events – Long Jump 28 Hubbeling, Heinrich asianathletics.org Asian Athletics Association (AAA) 7 July 2011 8 July 2011 PDF https://web.archive.org/web/20110812202102/http://www.asianathletics.org/AAC2011/toplist2011.pdf 12 August 2011 dead dmy-all http://www.deccanherald.com/content/174360/long-jumper-mayookha-wins-gold.html Mayookha leaps to gold on first day The Deccan Herald India 7 July 2011 10 July 2011 Medalists GoldMayookha Johny INDSilverLu Minjia CHNBronzeSaeko Okayama JPN Records Prior to the competition, the following records were as follows. World recordGalina Chistyakova URS7.52Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988Asian RecordYao Weili CHN7.01Jinan, China5 June 1993Championship recordGuan Yingnan CHN6.83Fukuoka, JapanJuly 1998Asian leadingYuliya Tarasova UZB6.68Tashkent, Uzbekistan12 June 2011 No new records was set during this competition. Schedule Date Time Round 7 July 2011 18:01 (JST) Final Results In the event, 14 athletes participated. The event held in two elimination rounds, in the first round all athletes were given three attempts to qualify for the next stage. On the basis of initial three attempts, top eight athletes qualified for the final round. Contingents were given another three chances, and on the basis of total six attempts made by athletes, top three placeholders were selected. Final The gold medal of the event was won by the Indian long jumper Mayookha Johny, with a best jump of 6.56 meters. Mayookha became only the second Indian to win gold in this event; the previous gold winner for India was Anju Bobby George, who had won gold medal in the long jump event of Asian Athletics Championships. Anju achieved first position at Incheon, South Korea in 2005, with a jump of 6.65 meters.http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm Asian Championships – Women – Long jump gbrathletics.com Athletics Weekly 10 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110615014015/http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/asc.htm 15 June 2011 live This first position of Mayookha, helped her with an automatic qualification ('A' standard )—as the continental champion—for the World Championships, scheduled to take place on 27 August 2011 in Daegu, South Korea. The silver medal of the event was won by the Chinese athlete Lu Minjia, with a best jump of 6.52 meters. Japanese Saeko Okayama, without making a single fault throughout the event, won a bronze medal, with a best performance of 6.51 meters.http://www.jaaf.or.jp/aac19/startlist/liveresult/pc/r_w_longjump.pdf Women long jump – Final Japan Association of Athletics Federations (JAAF) jaaf.or.jp 7 July 2011 7 July 2011 Rank Athlete Nationality No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6 Result Mayookha Johny 6.34 6.56 00.00 × 00.00 × 6.52 6.50 6.56 Lu Minjia 6.05 6.52 00.00 × 00.00 × 00.00 × 00.00 × 6.52 Saeko Okayama 6.30 6.43 6.37 6.18 6.22 6.51 6.51 04 4 Yuliya Tarasova 3.84 6.23 6.05 00.00 × 6.37 6.18 6.37 05 5 Marestella Torres 6.21 6.27 00.00 × 6.34 00.00 × 6.24 6.34 06 6 Prajusha Maliakhal Anthony 6.07 00.00 × 6.27 00.00 × 6.18 00.00 × 6.27 07 7 Kumiko Imura 6.12 00.00 × 6.23 6.22 6.15 6.22 6.23 08 8 Aleksandra Kotlyarova 6.00 6.02 6.16 6.01 00.00 × 00.00 × 6.16 09 9 Hanako Kotake 6.15 6.14 6.11 6.15 10 Jung Soon-Ok 6.12 5.96 6.06 6.12 11 Wupin Wang 5.88 6.08 6.08 6.08 12 Lai Yee Cheung 5.72 5.83 5.62 5.83 13 Yekaterina Chalikova 00.00 × 00.00 × 5.59 5.59 14 Mang Chi Tse 5.18 5.16 5.11 5.18 References External links Official website of the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships https://web.archive.org/web/20110710032915/http://www.asianathletics.org/AAC2011/home.html 10 July 2011 Category:Long jump at the Asian Athletics Championships Category:Women's events at the 2011 Asian Athletics Championships