Sreeshankar and Ancy claim long jump gold

Murali Sreeshankar and Ancy Sojan won the men’s and women’s long jump events in the Indian Athletics Series-1 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Saturday.

Sreeshankar, the 2022 Asian Games silver medallist, had a good outing, going past the eight-meter mark in five of his six attempts. His 8.13m third effort was enough to finish clear of nearest rival, Bihar’s Sunny Kumar (7.90m).