Murali Sreeshankar claims long jump gold at International Jumping Meet in Greece

Xtra Time Web Desk: India’s ace long jumper Murali Sreehsankar won gold at the 12th International Jumping Meet in Greece on Thursday. Sreeshankar jumped a distance of 8.31m to secure the gold medal at the meet happening in Kallithea. While Sreeshankar clinched the gold, Swede Thobias Montler won the silver with a jump of 8.27m. In the 10-man field, France’s Jules Pommery settled for the bronze medal with a jump of 8.17m. 

” Sreeshankar consistently jumping far. 🥇in 12th International Jumps Meeting , Kallithea, Greece, event part of World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze. Performance 8.31 meters, Legal wind,” tweeted Athletics Federation of India.

It was the first outdoor international meet Sreeshankar was competing since the Tokyo Olympics. He warmed up on Wednesday evening with jumps of 7.88 and 7.71 metres before leaping 8.31 metres.

Sreeshankar came into the competition on the back of his excellent domestic form where he repeatedly breached the 8m mark.

The Kerala athlete logged 8.14m and 8.17m at the season-opening Indian Open Jumps Competitions in Thiruvanthapuram before breaking his own national record at the Federation Cup in Kozhikode.