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Sreeshankar wins second straight CWG long jump silver
India's Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday, his second consecutive runner-up finish after 2022. The 27-year-old jumped 8.09m on his second…
The Story in Brief
India's Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Wednesday, his second consecutive runner-up finish after 2022. The 27-year-old jumped 8.09m on his second attempt, leading until Jamaica's Tajay Gayle leapt 8.15m in the fourth round to take gold. Scotland's Stephen Mackenzie took bronze with 8.08m, while India's Lokesh Sathyanathan finished fifth at 7.97m.
Sreeshankar, who suffered a patellar tendon injury in 2024, called the silver special after his comeback. Gayle, 29, won Jamaica's first CWG long jump gold. The competition was held in sub-17°C conditions. Sreeshankar now targets the 2026 Asian Games, where he says he must jump much farther to win a medal.
The Indian Opinion
The predictable lament that Indian athletes 'settle' for silver misses the story. Sreeshankar returned from a career-threatening patellar tendon injury in 2024 to jump 8.09m in cold Glasgow conditions. He lost to a three-time world medallist who jumped 8.15m. That is not failure; it is elite sport. The real test is the 2026 Asian Games in Japan, where he admits he must jump much farther to medal. Will he finally convert continental silver into gold?
Sources (2): thehindu.com, thehindu.com (2)
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