Malaga:  Mysuru’s athlete Reeth Abraham, now settled in Bengaluru, representing India in the World Masters Athletic Meet 2018, held at Malaga, Spain, won gold in the Women’s 55+ Triple Jump event.

Reeth Abraham had a gold winning leap of 10.18m. Spain’s Alicia Hernandez took the silver with 10.16m, while Great Britain’s Janice Pyyee took the bronze with 9.46m.

Incidentally, another Mysurean Madappa Yogendra secured the seventh place in the Men’s 55+ 3000m steeplechase event.

The event was won by Poland’s Marek Dziegielewski with a timing of 11:07.69s. Branimir Komel of Slovenia with a timing of 11:43.84s secured the silver and Manuel Valencia Avila of Spain won the bronze with a timing of 12:20.71s. Yogendra secured the seventh place with a timing of 13:48.18s.