August 24, 2025 10:43 pm
Not certain to qualify for World Championship, Kerala athlete is nevertheless convinced that he can excel at big tournaments coming up
February 29, 2024 10:01 am
Sreeshankar had cited examples of Jamaica's Carey McLeod and compatriot Jeswin Aldrin losing their footing on the take-off board during last year's World Championships in Budapest.
September 02, 2023 7:16 am
Even before the qualifying round of the World Championship, Chopra was feeling ill but didn't want to sound like he was making an excuse so didn't talk about it till Thursday
September 01, 2023 9:17 am
World Champion Neeraj Chopra is now third on the points table in the race for the Diamond League final; Sreeshankar Murali finishes fifth in Zurich, is third overall on the points table
August 24, 2023 4:34 pm
Sreeshankar, who has been consistently jumping over 8m mark this season, was expected to at least qualify for the final round but form deserted him when it mattered the most on Wednesday
August 23, 2023 8:12 am
Sreeshankar, 24, and Aldrin, 21, are talented but can they hold their nerve and replicate form at the World Championships
July 01, 2023 7:12 am
Meanwhile, Murali Sreeshankar ended fifth in the men's long jump event with a best effort on the night of 7.88m, way below his season and personal best of 8.41m.
May 01, 2023 3:14 pm
Competing in only his second event of the season, the 24-year-old, who had won a silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, produced a creditable effort which was just 0.07m off his personal best of 8.36m made last year.
October 04, 2022 4:57 pm
"Though I excelled in sports, I could not give much attention to my studies. So both of you are real icons for the youth of this country," Neeraj Chopra tells Sreeshankar.
July 18, 2022 6:50 pm
Sreeshankar, the only Indian male jumper to reach the finals at Worlds, finished seventh with a best attempt of 7.96m