Keep it up, Kirthana


Simply smashing: R. Kirthana competing in the women’s long jump final during the Kuala Lumpur Athletic Championships at the National Sport Council training track yesterday. — AZHAR MAHFOF/ The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: National long jumper R. Kirthana made a quick rebound by leaping to a gold and ending a 25-year-meet record at the Kuala Lumpur Open Athletics Championships.

The 22-year-old made up for the disappointment of missing her first World University Games in Naples, Italy, last month, by registering a personal best of 6.15m in the women’s long jump event at the National Sports Council (NSC) training track in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

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