Chitra and Sreeshankar clinch gold

June 19, 2019 10:20 pm | Updated 10:20 pm IST - SOLLENTUNA (Sweden)

P.U. Chitra upset Kenya’s Mercy Cherono and won the women’s 1,500m gold in a season-best 4:12.65s at the Folksam Grand Prix on Tuesday. Jinson Johnson won the 1,500m silver in 3:39.69s as he finished behind host Sweden’s Andreas Almgren (3:39.68s).

M. Sreeshankar won the men’s long jump gold with an effort of 7.93m at Copenhagen Athletics Games.

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