Promising Indian long jumper Shaili Singh finished third at the Parnu Beach Stadium Meeting, a World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level event, in Estonia on Tuesday night. The 20-year-old, who trains in Bengaluru under the guidance of Robert Bobby George, secured the place with her best leap of 6.42m, her second-best jump this season after she came up with her season-best (SB) effort of 6.52m at the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru in April. Natalia Linares, the Pan American Games gold medallist from Colombia, clinched the women’s long jump event with a leap of 6.58, as local girl Liisa-Maria Lusti settled for the silver medal with her best jump of 6.45m. However, Shaili from Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, was way behind her Personal Best (PB) of 6.76m, achieved in 2023 at the Indian Grand Prix in Bengaluru. Hence, India’s representation in the women’s long jump at the Paris Olympics remains a distant hope, with Shaili, at world no. 43, outside the cut-off mark of 32. She is the best-placed Indian on the world rankings at the …