World number four long jumper Anju Bobby George won the bronze medal in the Prefontaine Classic IAAF Grand Prix meet in USA with a career best but wind aided leap of 6.83m.

American sprint queen Marion Jones of USA, who suffered a rare defeat in the women's 100m finishing fifth, won the gold with a big leap of 6.93m. Her compatriot World No. 6 Grace Upshaw clinched the silver touching down at 6.88m (wind aided) yesterday at the University of Oregon.

This was Anju's second wind aided 6.8m plus jump after winning the gold in the Super Grand Prix meet in Doha where she recorded a distance of 6.82m on May 14. 

The tail wind recorded yesterday was 2.6 metre/seconds more than the legal limit of 2.0 m/s.

On June 8, the 27-year-old Indian had ended fifth in Ostrava Golden Spike meet in Ostrava, Czech Republic with an effort of 6.59m.

Her national record still remains at 6.74m, first achieved at Thiruvananthapuram and later equalled in New
Delhi in 2002.

Anju, who has been training in USA after competing in the  Ostrava meet, will continue with her Olympic preparations in USA before moving to Europe to compete in the Madrid Grand Prix on July 17.