New Delhi: Murali Sreeshankar, who recently won a silver medal in the Birmingham games, ended up in the sixth position in the Diamond League, Monaco. He could manage the best attempt of 7.94 m, which is far less than his performance of 8.08 m in the Commonwealth Games and his personal and season best of 8.36 m.
He jumped 7.61 m in his first attempt battling the -1.5 m/s wind. In the next three attempts, he could manage 7.84 m, 7.83 m and 7.69 m. It was in his fifth and final attempt when he hit the 7.94 m mark. The wind made the conditions challenging for the jumpers.
The gold medal was won by Maykel Masso of Cuba as he jumped his season’s best of 8.35 m to finish on the top of the podium. While the reigning Olympic champion and silver medallist in the Oregon World Championships, Miltiadis Tentoglou won the silver medal in Monaco with a jump of 8.31 m. The bronze medal was earned by the USA’s Marquis Dendy who jumped his season’s best of 8.31 m.
Murali Sreeshankar has been performing well at the international level and in the 2022 season, he can be said to be in his prime form. He stood seventh in the World Athletics Championships 2022, with a jump of 7.96 m while he touched the 8 m mark in the qualification round.
Moreover, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is just on fire as she ran the world-leading 10.62 seconds in the women’s 100 m and that too after running the distance in 10.66 seconds on August 6 and 10.67 seconds on August 8. She won the gold medal in Monaco by running under 10.70 seconds for the sixth time in the year.
