: Athletics: Long jumpers M Sreeshankar and Mohammad Anees Yahiya light it up at National Jumps event #IndiaNEWS Murali Sreeshankar marked his return to competition by holding his nerve to produce his

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Athletics: Long jumpers M Sreeshankar and Mohammad Anees Yahiya light it up at National Jumps event #IndiaNEWS
Murali Sreeshankar marked his return to competition by holding his nerve to produce his third best jump of 8.17m, to record a dramatic victory in the men’s long jump in the inaugural AFI National Open Jumps Competition at the Chandrasekharan Nair Police Stadium in Thiruvananthapuram on Tuesday.Sreeshankar’s opening leap of 8.14m appeared good enough to seal victory but Mohammad Anees Yahiya produced his personal best effort, 8.15m, on his last attempt to leave the Olympian with the task of passing that on his last try. The 22-year-old bettered that by 2cm with an explosive effort, ensuring that he now has three of the four best jumps by an Indian.The two men’s long jumpers were among six athletes who went past the qualifying standards for the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games laid down by the Athletics Federation of India. Female long jumper Ancy Sojan and three triple jumpers Eldhose Paul, Karthik Unnikrishnan and Abdulla Aboobacker were the others who shared the limelight.Eldhose Paul and Karthik Unnikrishnan notched up personal bests of 16.93m and 16.87m with their last attempts. The 25-year-old Eldhose Paul, whose previous best of 16.62m was achieved in June last, found the rhythm to wrest the lead back from Karthik, who improved...Read more

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