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Sreeshankar Clinches Long Jump Title at Qosanov Memorial 2025
The Statesman Siliguri
|August 04, 2025
Following his victory in the men's long jump competition at the Qosanov Memorial 2025 athletics meeting in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Saturday, Murali Sreeshankar of India continued his winning streak to three as he made his comeback.
The 26-year-old Indian athlete made a winning leap of 7.94m on his opening attempt to secure the top spot at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze label (category C) meet, according to Olympics.com.
The runner-up was the Philippines' Janry Ubas with 7.53 meters, followed by Azerbaijan's Nazim Babayev with 7.48 meters.
This story is from the August 04, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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