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Commonwealth Games. Silver medallist Sreeshankar had said he initially thought he had a big valid jump in his fourth attempt but it was adjudged a foul under the new laser-based technology used in the Games. "The Athletics Federation of India had challenged the decision (regarding the fourth jump).
Commonwealth Games athletics competition here on Saturday. Goswami also scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event. With the two silver, the Indian athletics team's medal count swelled to four and it has already gone past the number in 2018 Gold Coast where the country had won a gold, silver and bronze each in track and field. High jumper Tejswin Shankar and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar had won a bronze and silver respectively in Birmingham.
Avinash Sable broke his own national record to win a silver in the men's 3000m steeplechase while Priyanka Goswami also clinched a medal of the same hue in the women's 10,000m race walk on a productive day for India in the Commonwealth Games athletics competition here on Saturday. Goswami also scripted history as she became the first Indian woman to win a medal in race walk with a silver in 10,000m event. With the two silver, the Indian athletics team's medal count swelled to four and it has already gone past the number in 2018 Gold Coast where the country had won a gold, silver and bronze each in track and field.
Commonwealth Games (CWG) medal in men's long jump. "All of us had been waiting for this medal for a very long time." When Sreeshankar mentioned "all", he specifically meant his father and coach, Murali Sivashankar, a former triple-jumper, and mother KS Bijimol, who is a former international 800m runner. "I was seventh at World Indoors, multiple times sixth in Asian Games and World Junior Championships. So this really means a lot to me," he said, talking to TimesofIndia.com over the phone from Birmingham. Had it not been for a controversial foul called on Sreeshankar's fourth-round jump, he would have been wearing gold instead of a silver. That jump looked close to the 8.20m mark, as Sreeshankar waited nervously to know if the attempt was legal. It was declared a foul, and the margin was ever so little, even looking legal in pictures that circulated on social media soon after.
Commonwealth Games silver medallist long jumper Murali Sreeshankar rued missing out on a gold, saying his fourth jump, which was ruled a foul under laser-based new technology, would have been legal in earlier system and big enough to finish on top of the podium. Sreeshankar and eventual gold winner Laquan Nairn of Bahamas had identical best jumps of 8.08m. Nairn was adjudged gold winner as his second best of 7.98m was better than 7.84m of Sreeshankar.
Ramesh Powar, hinting that different combinations could be seen in the coming matches at the Commonwealth Games. India defeated Barbados by 100 runs to qualify for the semifinals of the Birmingham Games. Jemimah Rodrigues, who was promoted to number three, played a vital 56-run knock.
CWG 2022 Day 8 Live Updates: After an action-packed Day 7 which saw India collect two medals (1 gold and 1 silver), the main focus will be on the Indian women's hockey team as they take on Australia in the semifinals on Day 8. On Thursday, Sudhir won a historic gold medal in the men's heavyweight para powerlifting, while Murali Sreeshankar won a silver in the long jump.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday congratulated Sudhir on winning gold in para powerlifting at the Commonwealth Games and lauded him for his consistent performance. He also hailed Murali Sreeshankar for winning silver medal in the men's long jump, noting that it is after decades India has won podium finish in the event at the CWG. Sreeshankar clinched the silver to give India its second medal in athletics at the Games in Birmingham on Thursday.