New Delhi: Star Indian long jumper Anju Bobby George has officially become the gold medal winner at the World Athletics Final held at Monte Carlo in 2005 after the International Association of Athletics Federation ratified the result.

The IAAF upgraded Anju to the top place in the IAAF World Athletics Final long jump event after the disqualification of Russia's Tatyana Kotova, who had finished ahead of the Indian in the meet, but later failed to clear a dope test. Anju's 6.75 metres leap had landed her with the silver then, behind the Russian's 6.83 metres effort.