First Indian man to win silver in the long jump!!!

S Venkateshwari
First indian man to win silver in the long jump!!!

On thursday late at night, another medal came in India's bag. murali Shreeshankar has become the first indian male athlete to win a medal silver medal for india in the long jump in the history of the Commonwealth Games. He jumped 8.08 meters in the final and secured the first position. Laquan Larne of the bahamas also jumped 8.08m. However, when the indian jumper jumped, he got a speed of 1.5 milliseconds from the air. When the score is equal, whoever has the least advantage from the wind gets the advantage. Because of this Sreeshankar had to be satisfied with second place.

Murali Sreeshankar had a great start and he jumped 7.60 meters in the first jump. However, in the second attempt, he made placed in the top 5 with a jump of 7.84 meters. Sreeshankar improved his third jump but the referee measured him at a distance of 7.84, which also angered the indian athletes. The fourth throw was unsuccessful, while the story of writing history was printed in the fifth throw. As soon as murali completed the throw he realized that he has entered the pages of history today.

Murali got silver after a par jump

Sreeshankar jumped 8.08 meters. Laquan Larne of the bahamas also jumped 8.08m. But he got less benefit from the wind or rather when the wind was blowing less when he jumped and was given the first place due to less support from the air. Jovan Van of south africa won the bronze medal. India's Muhammad Anees Yahia was also participating in the event and had to settle for fifth place. After spoiling the start, Yahia made steady improvement and jumped 7.97 meters in his last jump.

India got its second medal in athletics at the Birmingham Games. Earlier on wednesday late night, Tejashwin shankar had given india the first medal in the history of sports in the high jump. india has won a total of 19 medals and is at 7th position in the medal tally. Which 5 gold, 7 silver and 7 bronze medals are included.

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