CWG'22: History made! Murali Sreeshankar attains BIG feat with silver medal in men's long jump

Indian athletes continue to win hearts with their glittering performances at the CWG 2022 edition, being held in Birmingham. Murali Sreeshankar, on Thursday (August 04), scriptedhistory after clinching the silver medal in the men's long jump event in Birmingham 2022. The 23-year-old Sreeshankar, thus, has now becamethe first-ever Indian to claim a silver medal in the men's long jump event at theGames.

The youngster produced a sensational performance in his event with a jump of8.08 metres in his fifth attempt and secured thesecond spot, behind Bahamas' Laquan Nairn. It is to be noted thatNairn also had the best jump of 8.08 metres. However, he edged past Sreeshankar by a whiskeras his second best attempt was of7.98 metres, compared to the Indian counterpart's7.84 metres. Thus, there wasn't much to separate between the two.

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For the unversed, the rules state that if two jumpers are tied on the same distance, the one with a better second-best effort will go past the other to claim the first spot. On the other hand, another talented Indian long jumperMohammed Anees Yahiya had also qualified for the finals. He, however, finishedat the fifth position courtesy of abest jumpof 7.97 metres.

Before Sreeshankar's heroics in the ongoing CWG, India's Suresh Babu had settled forbronze in the 1978 edition of the games. Talking about the women's long jumpers from the country, Prajusha Maliakkal fetched silver in the 2010 edition in Delhi whereas legendary athlete Anju Bobby George earneda bronze medal 20 years back.