Murali Sreeshankar wins India Athletics Series 1 long jump with 8.15m leap

Key facts

• Murali Sreeshankar leapt 8.15m to win the men’s long jump at the opening Indian Athletics Series held at Kanteerava Stadium.
• Sreeshankar, representing NCOE Trivandrum, recorded his winning jump in his fourth attempt.
• Sunny Kumar of Bihar finished second with 7.90m and Purushotham of Karnataka was third with 7.87m.
• Ancy Sojan of Reliance won the women’s long jump with 6.54m, followed by Shaili Singh with 6.52m and Moumita Mondal with 6.37m.
• Tamil Nadu pole vaulter Reagan Ganesh set a personal best of 5.35m to win the pole vault.
• Tamil Arasu of Railways won the men’s 100m in 10.23 seconds and Giridharani Ravi Kumar of Tamil Nadu won the women’s 100m in 11.53 seconds.
• Sarvesh Kushare of Maharashtra won the high jump by clearing 2.23m.
• Jishnu Prasad of BSF won the men’s 200m in 20.76 seconds, with Vishal TK of NCOE Trivandrum second in 20.80 seconds and Tamil Arasu of Railways third in 20.83 seconds.