Overview
- Ancy Sojan produced a 6.88m fifth-attempt jump at the National Inter‑State Championships in Bhubaneswar on June 27, which surpassed Anju Bobby George’s 6.83m national record from the 2004 Athens Olympics.
- The mark won Sojan the national title and exceeded the Athletics Federation of India’s Asian Games qualifying standard of 6.48m, moving her into contention for selection for the Aichi–Nagoya Games.
- Her jump also sits above the 2027 World Championships qualifying mark reported in coverage as 6.86m and placed her at the top of Asian seasonal lists and among the world’s leading seasonal performances.
- The championships produced other major results, including Sarvesh Kushare’s new men’s high jump national record of 2.31m and several athletes meeting Asian Games standards, but only two athletes per event can be named for Japan.
- Sojan’s record is the latest step in a comeback after health and form issues last year, and it resets a 22‑year domestic benchmark that will affect her funding, selection momentum, and the ambitions of a new generation of Indian jumpers.