Assertion (A) : Anju Bobby George of India, who won an Silver Medal in long jump in the Third World Athletics of 2005 has been declared a Gold Medal Winner in 2014. Reason (R) : The Russian athlete Tatyana Kotava (2nd position) was disqualified during her Dope test.?

Option 1 : Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the right reason for (A)

The correct answer is Both (A) and (R) are correct and (R) is the right reason for (A).

• Anju Bobby George was declared the winner of the World Athletics Championships final held in Monte Carlo in 2005. The decision was given by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) on 13^th January 2014.
• The decision of the IAAF came following the disqualification of the Gold Medalist Tatyana Kotova of Russia for doping.
• At the World Athletics Final in 2005, Anju Bobby George won the Silver Medal with a long jump of 6.75 meters. The Gold Medal was won by Tatyana Kotova with a jump of 6.83 meters and the Bronze Medal was won by Grace Upshaw of the US.
• Following the decision of IAAF to disqualify Kotova, the new rankings now stand as:
  • Anju Bobby George (India, 6.75m)
  • Grace Upshaw (the USA, 6.67m)
  • Eunice Barber (France, 6.51m)

• Anju Bobby George from Kerala was the first Indian athlete who won the bronze medal in the World Athletics Championships held in Paris in 2003.
• She received the Arjuna award in 2003 and the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award in 2004.
• She was conferred Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award in 2004.