Sreeshankar.
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KOCHI
Olympian M. Sreeshankar, the long jump silver medallist in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, has won the 35th Jimmy George Foundation Award for the best sportsperson of Kerala.
The award carries a money prize of Rs 1 lakh and a plaque. Jimmy George’s brothers, Jose (committee head), Robert Bobby, Sebastian and Stanley together with Olympian Anju Bobby George have been the members of the award committee.
Sreeshankar, No. 4 in this yr’s World long jump record, won silver medals in the Asian Games in China and Asian Championships in Thailand and additionally a bronze in the Paris Diamond League this yr. He had won the 2022 Commonwealth Games silver in Britain and was seventh in the World Championships in the USA final yr.
The award will probably be offered to Sreeshankar at the Jimmy George Sports Academy at Peravoor, Kannur, on December 22.
