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Knee injury ends Sreeshankar’s Paris Olympics dream

Commonwealth and Asian Games silver medallist M. Sreeshankar injured his knee, missing Paris Olympics, facing long recovery.

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Jimmy George Award for Sreeshankar

Jimmy George Award

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Muhammed Anees poised to leap out of the shadows

Muhammed Anees, a havildar with Kerala Police, was an active kid. He left his home in Nilamel village for the SAI centre in Thiruvananthapuram, where he was selected for high jump. After a suggestion from his coach, he tried long jump and soon achieved success, winning silver at the Vijayawada…

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Sreeshankar to skip Diamond League Final to focus on Asian Games

M. Sreeshankar skips Diamond League Final to focus on Asian Games. After disappointing performance at World Championships, he opts to rest and prepare for Asiad. Neeraj Chopra and Avinash Sable also qualify for Diamond Final. Sreeshankar's Zurich performance offers relief and confidence for China.

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Paris 2024 | After Budapest, how ready are Indian athletes for next year’s Olympics?

With Neeraj Chopra's gold at the Budapest World Athletics Championships, India's javelin throwers and horizontal jumpers have been inspired to strive for success. Indian athletes have the potential to win at Paris Olympics 2024. India must continue to improve its training and build mental toughness for its athletes.

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World Athletics: Focus on top jumpers at Budapest extravaganza

BENGALURU: Leading triple jumper Praveen Chitravel and long jumpers Jeswin Aldrin and M Sreeshankar will be more in focus behind Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and steeplechaser Avinash Sable as the Indian team for the World Athletics Championships was announced on Tuesday.

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Murali Sreeshankar happy with Asian silver, Paris berth

BANGKOK: After overcoming uncertainties regarding his entry for the championship, M Sreeshankar came up with his season's best of 8.37m. It was an effort that was close to the Asian gold but then it was m ore than the Paris Olympics qualification mark of 8.27m.

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Athletics | I will start my 2024 season very late, says long jumper Sreeshankar

Lin Yu Tang's 8.40m jump at Asian Championships in Bangkok surprised M. Sreeshankar. Sreeshankar achieved Olympic qualification standard of 8.27m, and plans to open 2024 season late to recover from 2023 season. His warm-up preparation and adapting to warm weather helped him win Asian silver.

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ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS | Mixed relay team runs to gold with meet record

India win gold in 4x400m mixed relay, Sreeshankar, Swapna Barman, Khusare win silver, Santhosh Kumar bronze at Asian Athletics Champs.

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Sreeshankar and Shaili promise to brighten up the scene for India at the Asian Championships

The 25th Asian Championships begin in Bangkok on Wednesday and though a country is eligible for two berths in every event, India will have just one athlete each in many of the events where it is among the best in the continent.

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Diamond League: Neeraj Chopra finds the winning length to lead javelin standings; Long jumper M. Sreeshankar struggles on the runway

Diamond League: ‘Nervous’ Neeraj Chopra finds the winning length to lead javelin standings; Long jumper M. Sreeshankar struggles on the runway, finishing fifth. While Chopra was in fine touch and had a series that included an 85.04m throw, long jumper M. Sreeshankar was finding it tough on the runway

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India to send 54-member team for Asian Championships

Despite India being home to three of Asia’s five fastest women quartermilers this year, the Athletics Federation of India has chosen to send just one athlete in the event for the Asian Championships which begin in Bangkok on July 12.

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World leader Jeswin pulls out of Lausanne Diamond League

The 21-year-old long jumper, the world’s top jumper this year, is likely to skip the Asian Championship too

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Happier with my 8.09m in Paris than the 8.41 in Bhubaneswar, says long jumper Sreeshankar

According to the World Athletics’ scoring table, Sreeshankar’s 8.41m long jump at the recent Inter-State Nationals in Bhubaneswar is equal to a 9.94s time in the 100m

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Sreeshankar makes history in Paris with long jump bronze in Diamond League

Sreeshankar is the third Indian athlete and first long jumper to win a medal in the Diamond League, the global athletics series

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Sreeshankar hoping for a nice rhythm to put up a good show in Paris Diamond League

Sreeshankar hoping for a nice rhythm to put up a good show in Paris

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Sreeshankar flogs a ‘dead’ runway for gold in Greece

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Chinese athletes closely studying Indian long jumpers

With Indian long jumper Jeswin Aldrin on top of the world list this year, the Chinese recorded Commonwealth Games silver medallist Sreeshankar’s jumps at the US meet on Sunday

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Amlan, Sreeshankar and Jyothi win gold in AFI Indian Grand Prix 3

NEW DELHI: Assam sprinter Amlan Borgohain of Assam, long jumper M Sreeshankar and 100m hurdler Jyothi Yarraji of Andhra Pradesh won gold in their respective events in the AFI Indian Grand Prix 3 Athletics competition in Bengaluru on Monday.

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A brave leap forward

India’s long jumpers are beginning to find their feet on the world stage. Sreeshankar’s historic silver and the consistent Muhammed Anees’ fifth place at the Commonwealth Games are the latest signs of encouragement. It’s now vital the athletes are not let down by the system

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Sreeshankar’s new silver road to the Paris dream

A different strategy needed to handle the new take-off board system, says the long jump silver medallist

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Kerala CM congratulates Sreeshankar on winning medal at CWG

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World Athletics Championships: Sable enters final after a fighting finish

Sreeshankar is first Indian to qualify for men’s long jump title round at Worlds

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Last-minute flyer Eldose Paul gets lucky with 10-year US visa

Six-month visa for Sreeshankar, Aldrin and Chithravel; Dhanalakshmi explains reasons for missing Worlds

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This could be our best World Championships, says Anju George

India’s lone World Championships medallist feels that Neeraj could win gold and that Sreeshankar’s medal chances look bright

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