Sushmitha Singha Roy clears olympic "B" qualification norm in the heptathlon event.

Sushmitha celebrates achieving Olympic B standard.


With a tally of 5866 points, Sushmitha achieved the olympic "B" standard in the heptathlon event in the Indian Federation Cup Championships. She was the only athlete in this championships to have achieved an olympic standard.

Heptathlon Olympic B standard - 5800

Heptathlon is an athletic event which comprises of 7 events. A Woman's heptathlon consists of the following events:

1) 100m hurdles
2) High Jump
3) Shot Put
4) 200m
5)Long Jump
6)Javelin Throw
7) 800m

Her attempts in each of the above events including her 4 personal bests are as follows:

1) 100m hurdles - 14.39
2) High Jump - 1.73
3) Shot Put - 11.44 (personal best)
4) 200m - 23.97(personal best)
5)Long Jump -6.25(personal best)
6)Javelin Throw - 40.11(personal best)
7) 800m - 2:18.28