India’s star long jumper Ancy Sojan settled for a silver medal at the 2026 Asian Games after China’s Yingying Huang overtook her with a 6.55m jump. Ancy said fatigue, wet conditions and lack of luck denied her a maiden Asian Games gold.
Sreeshankar, now training in the Govt Medical College in Palakkad, Kerala said his realistic aim would be to jump between 8.35m and 8.40m as his father and coach Muralidaran has envisaged.
The 21-year-old Kerala athlete's 8.26m jump came in his fifth attempt as he improved his earlier national record of 8.20m which he had registered in 2018
