Asian Games 2026: India’s Ancy Sojan wins silver medal in long jump, Shaili Singh misses out on bronze
India's Ancy Sojan (in pic) was pipped to the gold medal in women’s long jump by China’s Huang Yingying with her final attempt at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 on Sunday. | Photo Credit: AP
India's Ancy Sojan (in pic) was pipped to the gold medal in women’s long jump by China’s Huang Yingying with her final attempt at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 on Sunday. | Photo Credit: AP
India’s Ancy Sojan clinched her second consecutive silver medal in women’s long jump at the Asian Games while Shaili Singh missed out on a bronze in agonising fashion in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on Sunday.
Going into the final round, Hangzhou 2023 silver medallist Ancy (6.53m) was in first place was Shaili (6.42m) was placed third.
However, China’s Tan Mengyi pushed Shaili to fourth with a last jump of 6.46m.
Huang Yingying, Tan’s compatriot, then went past Ancy with a final leap of 6.55m.
Ancy could have won the gold by matching Huang’s last attempt as then, the Indian’s second-best effort of 6.53m would have better than that of the Chinese (6.49m). But she could only manage a final jump of 6.49m.
Published on Sep 27, 2026
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