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.
Murali Sreeshankar has bettered his own national record thrice this season and has a personal best of 8.36m he achieved at the Federation Cup in April.
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
Calicut (Kerala) [India], April 4 (ANI): Murali Sreeshankar from Kerala and Jeswin Aldrin from Tamil Nadu carried out a fascinating contest on Day 2 of the Federation Cup athletics meet in Kozhikode, Kerala on Sunday.
Calicut (Kerala) [India], April 3 (ANI): J Jeswin Aldrin of Tamil Nadu came with a stunning wind-aided leap of 8.37 metres to beat Olympian S Sreeshankar of Kerala in a fierce but friendly battle to grab the attention on the second day of the 25th AFI National Federation Cup Senior Athlet