India will eye more medals in Track and Field event late on Thursday night as long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya will be lining up for the finals, hoping to add to the bronze medal that Tejaswin Shankar won in the high jump on Wednesday. Sreeshankar, who has a personal best of 8.36m, topped Group A in the qualifying round, with a leap of 8.05 while Muhammed Anees was eight with an effort of 7.88m.
In his group A qualification round, Sreeshankar made a jump of 8.05 m in his first attempt. This was all the Indian needed to reach the final. He was at the top of the leaderboard from the get-go and nobody could outdo him. At the second position was Laquan Nairan of Bahamas with best jump of 7.90 m. Jovan van Vuuren of South Africa was in the third position with the best jump of 7.87 m. The top eight athletes from the group qualified for the finals.
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Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya in Men's Long Jump Final will be played on August 5 (Wednesday late night) at 12:12 AM IST.
Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya in Men's Long Jump Final will take place in Birmingham.
Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed Anees Yahiya in Men's Long Jump Final will be aired on Sony Sports Network in India.
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