Jeff Henderson leaps 8.15m in Taipei City

Henderson 815

TAIPEI CITY (TPE, Apr 30): Asian Grand Prix circuit ended here with Olympic winner Jeff Henderson leaping to 815 (+0.6) win in long jump. Another American competing Mike Rodgers was second in the 200 m with 20.84 (-0.2), behind home Yang Chun-Han 20.78. Muhammed Anas from India topped the 400 m in 45.69 and his team-mate Om Prakash Shing the shot 19.58. Home wins for Chen Chieh at 400 m hurdles with 49.67 and Huang Shih-Feng 80.77 in javelin ahead of recent NR breaker Cheng Chao-Tsun 79.93 and Neeraj Chopra of India 79.90. Indonesia clocked national record in 4×100 m 39.13 ahead of Taipei 39.27. Chinese wins for Xu Haiyang in the 100 m 10.35 (+0.1), Sun Zhao 227 in high jump (equaled his PB) and Cao Shuo 16.21 (+0.3) triple. Among women wins for China by Bin Feng discus 61.32, Song Jiayuan 17.46 shot. Viktoriya Zyabkina topped the 100 m for Kazakhstan 11.34 (-0.5) and helped her team to 43.40 in the 4×100 m. Elina Mikhina improved her PB to 52.55 in the 400 m. National record for Hongkong in high jump as Yeung Man Wai cleared 188.

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