Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar claimed the gold medal with a leap of 8.29m at the MVA High Performance athletics meet 1 held in Chula Vista, USA. (More Sports news)
Indian long jumper Murali Srees🧔hankar claꦗimed the gold medal with a leap of 8.29m at the MVA High Performance athletics meet 1 held in Chula Vista, USA.
Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar claimed the gold medal with a leap of 8.29m at the MVA High Performance athletics meet 1 held in Chula Vista, USA. (More Sports news)
Competing in only his second event of the season, the 24-year-old, who had won a silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, produced a creditable effort which was just 0.07m off his personal b෴est of 8.36m made last year.
China's Ma Weidong secured the silver medal with a 7.99m leap, while his compatriot Huafeng Huang claimed the br꧒onze with an effort of 7.61m.
The qualifying standard of World Athletics Championships 2023, which is schedul🍷ed in Budapest this August, is 8.25m and Sreeshankar's effort was over it but was not considered as tailwinds were over permissible limits.
The maximum permissible wind speed is +2 m/s, wꦫhile Sreeshankar's effort came with wind speed of 3.1m/s.
Sreeshankar had a 7.94m jump at the Indi🎃an Grand Prix in Bengaluru earlier this month.
Sreeshankar held the men's long jump national record in India with his 8.36 jꦯump but it was surpassed by Jeswin Aldrin with an effort of 8.42m at the second Indian Open Jౠumps Championships in March.