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    Home / News / Sports News / #AsianGames2018: Neena Varakil wins silver medal in women's long jump
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    #AsianGames2018: Neena Varakil wins silver medal in women's long jump

    #AsianGames2018: Neena Varakil wins silver medal in women's long jump

    By Aakanksha Raghuvanshi
    Aug 27, 2018
    08:01 pm

    What's the story

    Neena Varakil gave India another silver medal from the athletics arena after she came second in the women's long jump event at the ongoing Asian Games in Jakarta today.

    Varakil's best jump of 6.51m came in the fourth attempt, which was enough to fetch her the silver.

    Thi Thu Thao Bui of Vietnam won gold with a season's best jump of 6.55m.

    Here's more.

    Performances

    James Nayana registered just two successful attempts out of six

    Thi Thu Thao Bui of Vietnam managed the season's best jump of 6.55m in her first attempt. The bronze was bagged by Xiaoling Xu of China with an effort of 6.50m.

    The other Indian in the fray, James Nayana, was way below the mark with an effort of 6.14m. In fact, she could register just two successful attempts out of six.

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