He was among the athletes who qualified for the prestigious Asian Athletics Championships to be held in Bangkok from July 12, 2023, to July 16, 2023 after his performances in the Ranchi meet.
The Tamil Nadu long jumper's winning leap at the IIT Gandhinagar athletics track on Saturday measured 0.1m above the automatic World Athletics Championships 2023 qualifying standard of 8.25m.
New Delhi [India], August 5 (ANI): After India wrote history by winning a silver medal in athletics in the ongoing Common Wealth Games, Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur congratulated long jumper M Sreeshankar for achieving the accolade and wished him the best.
This journey towards the medal was however not an easy one for this athlete. The 23-year-old Shankar had to deal with many hardships on his road to the Commonwealth Games glory.
Neeraj also became India's first ever track and field athlete to take the silver medal in the World Championships, and second to bag a podium finish after the legendary long jumper Anju Bobby George had finished third in the Paris Worlds in 2003.
With this, Sable has reached the second consecutive final, clocking 8:18.75 in his heat. Sreeshankar became the first Indian men's long jumper to reach the finals
New Delhi [India], July 6 (ANI): The Athletics of India (AFI) on Wednesday included the name of high jumper Tejaswin Shankar after another athlete could not qualify during the trials for the upcoming Common Wealth Games.
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): One of the most loved couples in B-Town, Malaika and Arjun are currently having the best time of their life in Paris. The '2 States' actor on Tuesday shared a cute video of his lady love on his social media account.