M. Sreeshankar produced his season’s best performance (7.97m) as he won the long jump gold at the Tatyana Kolpakova international athletics meet here on Saturday.
Four of his six jumps were fouls, but the 20-year-old — who holds the national record with 8.20m — had his best jump in the fourth.
“I felt good today. I fouled four jumps but two or three of them looked to be above 8.10m. My approach was good too,” Sreeshankar told The Hindu from Bishkek.
Meanwhile, Sahil Silwal came up with a personal best effort of 78.50m to take the javelin throw gold. The 19-year-old is now in the third spot in the under-20 world list this year.
Archana Suseentran (100m), Lili Das (400m) and the 4x100m relay team all won gold in the women’s section while Harsh Kumar pocketed the men’s 400m title.
Meanwhile, Jisna Mathew took the silver in the women’s 400m in 53.76s.
Anas qualifies for Worlds
Muhammed Anas broke his own men’s 400m national record, clocking 45.21s at the Kladno international meet in the Czech Republic on Saturday. It helped him qualify for the September-October Worlds in Doha. The entry standard in the event is 45.30s.
Anas’ previous national record, 45.24s, also came in the Czech Republic last year.
The results (Indians only): Tatyana Kolpakova international: Men: 400m: 1. Harsh Kumar (46.76m), 2. Gajanand Mistri (47.23). 1500m: 2. Rahul (3:50.69s). Long jump: 1. M. Sreeshankar (7.97m). Javelin: 1. Sahil Silwal (78.50m), 3. Rohit Yadav (73.33).
Women: 100m: 1. S. Archana (11.74s). 400m: 2. Jisna Mathew (53.76s). 1500m: 1. Lili Das (4:19.05s). 4x100m relay: 1. Archana, Revathi, Rashmi, Hina (45.81s) .
Kladno international: Men: 400m:
