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| CWG-2022: Sreeshankar clinches silver in men’s long jump at Birmingham Commonwealth Games |
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CWG-2022: Sreeshankar clinches silver in men’s long jump at Birmingham Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games 2022: Murali Sreeshankar clinched a silver medal in men's long jump at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games (CWG-2022).
Murali Sreeshankar added a second medal in the athletics category winning a silver medal in the men's long jump.
Before this 23-year-old Tejaswin Shankar made athletics history by winning India's first-ever medal, a bronze in the men's high jump at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
With this, India’s medal tally reaches 19 with 5 golds, 6 silvers and 8 bronze medals.
About Birmingham Commonwealth Games 2022 Silver Medalist Murali Sreeshankar
Murali Sreeshankar is an Indian track and field. Both his parents were medalists in athletics. He participated in the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu won bronze with a jump of 7.47 meters.
Murali Sreeshankar qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by recording a jump of 8.26m, a new national record, at the Federation Cup in Patiala in March 2021.
Important facts for upcoming exams from the above Current Affairs Topic
- Born: 27th March 1999
- Hometown: Palakkad, Kerala
- Event: Long Jump
Murali Sreeshankar medal records in Men's long jump
- International Jumping Meeting “Filahtlitikos Kalllithea” Kallithea, Athina: Gold medalist
- National Federation Cup, Thenhipalam: Silver medalist
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