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National record holder long jumper Sreeshankar will be a dark horse in the long jump as he sits at joint second place among season leaders with his 8.36m effort during the Federation Cup in April.

Murali Sreeshankar became the first Indian male long jumper to qualify for World Athletics Championships.

Tokyo Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and long jumper Murali Sreeshankar are India’s top medal hopes.

Men's long jump Reigning champion Tejay Gayle, who picked up an injury during the long jump final at the Jamaica trials on June 25,  has been struggling to retain full fitness for the July 15-24 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon

Expected highlights in the women's and men's long jump

With the best effort of 8.36 metres this year, Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar is second on the list of top performers this season, which he believes makes him a medal contender at next months World Athletics Championships and the ...

Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen, the Olympic 1500m champion, added another feather to his cap at the Bislett Games in Oslo tonight as he earned his first victory in the senior Dream Mile in a national and Diamond League record of 3min 46.46sec.

Strange to relate, Norway’s Olympic 1500 metres champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen has yet to win the senior Dream Mile at his native Bislett Games in Oslo - but that is very likely to change tomorrow night.

Many of the world’s best will be at the Bislett Games as they gear up for the peak of the season.

El Bakkali held off Lamecha Girma to win the steeple as both men broke 8:00, but disaster struck in the 400 hurdles as Warholm said after the race he believes he tore his hamstring. MB: Official 2022 Rabat DL Discussion Thread MB: Karsten Warholm pulls up in Rabat -- grabs right hamstring after first hurdle MB: Katir is the most obvious doper of all time MB: Avinash Sable, INDIA runs monster 8:12.48 steeple in Rabat, behind Bakkali (7:58.28), and Girma (7:59.24).