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Commonwealth Games on Thursday. The 23-year-old national record holder soared to 8.08m in his fifth attempt to finish second behind Laquan Nairn of Bahamas in a nerve-wrecking men's long jump final. Nairn also had a best jump of 8.08m but his second best of 7.98m was better than 7.84m of Sreeshankar.
Murali Sreeshankar won the silver medal in the men's long jump at the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2022 with a best jump of 8.08m. He achieved the feat with his fifth jump, having spent most of the final out of the medal spots. Bahamas's Laquan Nairn won the gold medal with a jump of 8.08m as well, but he was ahead of Sreeshankar because of a better second-best attempt.
Commonwealth Games here. Sreeshankar stormed into the final with his very first jump of 8.05m.
Long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammad Anees Yahiya qualified for the final of the men's long jump event after going past their respective qualifying rounds at the Commonwealth Games. Sreeshankar stormed into the final with his very first jump of 8.05m. The 23-year-old from Kerala, one of the top Indian medal contenders, was the only athlete in his group to go past the qualifying mark of 8m.
Having become the first Indian male athlete to qualify for the long jump finals in the World Championships, Sreeshankar had raised hopes of a historic medal in the showpiece. But his performance in the final was way below his season's and personal best of 8.36m. He had three legal jumps -- the opening jump of 7.96m, fourth round effort of 7.89m and last attempt of 7.83m.
India's Murali Sreeshankar finished seventh in a 12-athlete field in the men's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships on Sunday. His best effort was a 7.96m jump which came in his first attempt. HIs other successful attempts were of 7.89m and 7.83m. The 23-year-old from Palakkad, Kerala, led the field after his first attempt of 7.96m but could not hold on to his position at the mega-event in Oregon, USA as other athletes came up with better efforts. China's Jianan Wang took home the gold medal with an effort of 8.36m, which came in his last attempt. Greece's Miltiadis Tentoglou won the silver medal with an effort of 8.32m while Switzerland's Simon Ehammer (8.16m) won the bronze medal.
Murali Sreeshankar became the first Indian to enter the men's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships on Saturday. He leapt 8m in the qualification round of the at the mega-event in Oregon. The 23-year-old from Kerala finished second in qualification round Group B and seventh overall. Sreeshankar could not touch the automatic qualification mark of 8.15 m but made it to the finals nonetheless as one of the best twelve performers.
Murali Sreeshankar will be in action on Sunday (IST) during the final of the men's long jump event at the World Athletics Championships 2022. Sreeshankar will look to create history as he can become the first Indian man to bag a medal at World Athletics Championships. Earlier, on Saturday, he had become the first Indian man to qualify for the finals of the long jump event. It is worth noting that he has advanced to the final, riding on a best jump of 8 metre. The 23-year-old athlete, who had entered the ongoing championships as a dark horse for a medal, finished second in qualification round Group B and seventh overall.