PM Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the performance of Murali Sreeshankar for clinching a bronze medal at the recently concluded Paris Diamond League 2023 in the 102nd episode of 'Mann ki Baat'. Narendra Modi on Sunday lauded the performance of Murali Sreeshankar for clinching a bronze medal a
According to Olympics.com, Sreeshankar marked his personal best on his first attempt at the Kalinga Stadium. The 24-year-old fell 0.01m short of Jeswin's Aldrin's national record but breached the world championships qualifying mark of 8.25m.
India's Murali Sreeshankar finished third in the men's long jump event with an impressive attempt of 8.09m at the Paris Diamond League 2023 athletics in France on Saturday.
The Indian athlete Shaili Singh attempted a jump of 6.65m which provided her third stop on the podium. Her other jumps were marked as 6.59m, 6.35m, 6.35m, 6.36m and 6.41m at the Yokohama meet, a World Athletics Continental Tour gold label event.
The 24-year-old Sreeshankar's gold-winning jump at Chula Vista was over the World Athletics Championships 2023 qualifying standard for men's long jump set at 8.25m.
Shaili also breached the qualifying standard for women's long jump for upcoming Asian Games 2022, set to be hosted in China later this year. The mark was set at 6.45 m by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI)
Jeswin Aldrin looked on song from the first jump, starting with an effort of 8.05 metres followed by 8.26 metres and finally, shattered the record - previously held by Murali Sreeshankar - with a third jump of 8.42 metres.
With the domestic athletics season only just having begun, the Indian Open will be the first major competition where the Asian and Olympic Games prospects will get to test their mettle against each other in a field that has some serious firepower. A total of 195 athletes will compete across
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.
The 23-year-old native of Palakkad, who is coached by his father, said he has prepared well for this competition, his body is feeling good, he has set a target for this competition and wants to finish the season on a good note