Indian hopes for the second day of the World Athletics Championships have been pinned on lengthy leap finalist Murali Sreeshankar who booked a spot in the last word spherical with a leap of 8.00m in the qualification spherical.
But, his nerves obtained the higher of him on the massive event as he completed 7th with a finest leap of seven.96m.
He registered his finest leap of the day on his first try earlier than performing a leap of seven.86m on his fourth try to 7.83m on his sixth and ultimate try. He fouled on his second, third and fifth makes an attempt.
Ultimately, the gold medal went to the Chinese contestant Wang Jianan who recorded a leap of 8.36m on his ultimate try of the day.
Wang had managed a better of solely 8.03m in his first 5 makes an attempt and was out of the medals however soared away from the competitors on his final leap.
Elsewhere, Indian ladies’s steeplechase contestant Parul Chaudhary clocked a private better of 9:38.09 nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to earn her a qualification place as she ended up twelfth on the grid.
Hurdler MP Jabir didn’t qualify for the next rounds of his occasion as she got here in seventh with a time of fifty.76.
Day Two Results:
Men’s Long Jump Finals- Murali Shreeshankar- 7th Place
Finishes 7th with a finest leap of seven.96m
Women’s 300m Steeplechase – Parul Chaudhary – Heat 2
Fails to qualify after ending twelfth with a time of 9:38.09
Men’s 400m Hurdles – MP Jabir- Heat 2
Fails to qualify after ending 7th with a time of fifty.76
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India’s Contingent for World Athletics Championship 2022:
Neeraj Chopra (Men’s Javelin Throw)
Avinash Sable (Men’s 3000m Steeplechase)
Jeswin Aldrin, Muhammad Aneesh Yahiya, Murali Sreeshankar (Men’s Long Jump)
Kamalpreet Kaur (Women’s Discus Throw)
MP Jabir (400m Hurdles)
Abdulla Aboobacker, Eldhose Paul, Praveen Chitravel (Men’s Triple Jump)
Priyanka Goswami (Women’s 20km Race Walk)
Rahul Rohilla, Sandeep Kumar (Men’s 20km Race Walk)
Seema Punia (Women’s discus throw)
Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Men’s Shot Put)
S Dhanalakshmi ( Women’s 200m)
Annu Rani (Women’s Javelin Throw)
Parul Chaudhary ( Women’s 3000m Steeplechase)
Noah Tom, Muhammed Ajmal, Naganathan Pandi, Muhammed Anas (Men’s 4×400 relay)
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