Sreeshankar and Ancy claim long jump gold

Murali Sreeshankar and Ancy Sojan won the men’s and women’s agelong leap events successful the Indian Athletics Series-1 astatine the Sree Kanteerava Stadium present connected Saturday.

Sreeshankar, the 2022 Asian Games metallic medallist, had a bully outing, going past the eight-meter people successful 5 of his six attempts. His 8.13m 3rd effort was capable to decorativeness wide of nearest rival, Bihar’s Sunny Kumar (7.90m).

Reliance’s Ancy dominated the women’s agelong jump, portion 2025 Asian Championships bronze medallist Shaili Singh disappointed.

Ancy was afloat of energy, going into the pb with a leap of 6.54m successful his archetypal attempt. Shaili started with a 6.52m jump, but followed with 4 fouls.

Shaili’s manager and 2003 World Championship bronze medallist Anju Bobby George offered tips and encouragement from the sidelines, but her ward did not propulsion the trigger connected the take-off committee to decorativeness her last effort with a anemic 4.99m effort.

The results (winners): Men: 100m: Tamil Arasu (Railways), 10.23s; 200m: Jishnu Prasad (BSF), 20.76m; 800m: Anu Kumar (UTK), 1:48.21s; 5,000m: Harmanjot Singh (JSW), 14:21.07s; 110m hurdles: M. Krishik (Reliance), 13.87m; Triple jump: Abdulla Aboobacker (Air Force), 16.82m; Long jump: Murali Sreeshankar (NCOE, Trivandrum), 8.15m; High jump: Anil Sarvesh (Mah), 2.23m; Discus throw: Bhartpreet Singh (Reliance), 55.86m; Shot put: Samardeep Singh (MP), 19.74m; Javelin throw: Bibin Antony (Ker), 77.53m

Women: 100m: R. Giridharani (TN), 11.53s; 200m: Rashdeep Kaur (JSW), 24.09s; 800m: V. Kavitha (TN), 2:07.57s; 5,000m: D. Prachi (Mah), 17:14.12s; 100m hurdles: C. Anjali (JSW), 13.44s; Triple jump: B. Babisha (Railways), 12.80m; Long jump: Ancy Sojan (Reliance), 6.54m; High jump: Pallavi Patil (Kar), 1.76m; Javelin throw: Karishma Sanil (Reliance), 50.24m; Discus throw: Bhavana Yadav (Del), 52.41m; Shot put: Akanksha Kenja (Kar), 11.89m; Pole vault: Baranica Elangovan (TN), 4.10m