Anju (file picture) leaped 6.62m, behind Bronwyn Thompson and ahead of Jade Johnson

Madrid: Anju Bobby George finished second in the women’s long jump at the IAAF Super Grand Prix meeting here on Saturday.

The Indian, who had slipped to No. 5 in the latest world rankings, leaped 6.62m behind Australian Bronwyn Thompson, who recorded 6.80. Britain’s Jade Johnson was third at 6.58.

Kenya’s Wilfred Bungei set the fastest 800m time in the world this year when he clocked one minute 43.73 seconds.

Bungei, a silver medallist at the 2001 world championships, raced home ahead of compatriot Justus Koech to beat Wilson Kipketer’s previous best mark of 1:43.88 set in Rome this month.

Russia’s Svetlana Feofanova was unable to better her new world record of 4.88 m in the women’s pole vault when she failed in her three attempts at 4.90, but she still emerged as the easy winner with a meeting record of 4.80.

World champion Dwight Phillips of the United States beat a high quality field in the long jump with his first round leap of 8.36m to finish well ahead of Cuban-born Spanish athlete Joan Lino and Britain’s Chris Tomlinson.

American champion and Olympic shot put silver medallist Adam Nelson defeated another medal hopeful Manuel Martinez of Spain.

Nelson heaved the shot 21.25m, while Martinez posted a mark of 20.89 with his final effort to give him second place ahead of Britain’s Carl Myerscough.

Cydonie Mothersill of the Cayman Islands edged Bulgarian Ivet Lalova to win the 200m in her season’s best of 22.47.

Mothersill finished strongly to close out Lalova, who has clocked 10.77 over 100 m for the fastest time in the world this year.

Former world championship silver medallist Debbie Ferguson of the Bahamas had to settle for third spot, while 44-year-old veteran Merlene Ottey was seventh.

World record holder Osleidys Menendez of Cuba was the comfortable winner of the women’s javelin with an opening throw of 67.87m which smashed her meeting record by over three metres.

In the women’s high jump, world champion Hestrie Cloete of South Africa cleared 2m at the third attempt to claim first place, but never looked like bettering her season’s best mark of 2.03.

Mushir Salim Jahwer of Bahrain ran an impressive 7:37.49 seconds to win the men’s 3,000m ahead of Spain’s 10,000m specialist Jose Manuel Martinez, who set the fastest time by a European this season in second with 7:39.64.

Portugal’s Francis Obikwelu eased his way to a comfortable victory in the 200m in a time of 20.29.