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).

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

Ancy was full of energy, going into the lead with a leap of 6.54m in his first attempt. Shaili started with a 6.52m jump, but followed with four fouls.

Shaili’s coach and 2003 World Championship bronze medallist Anju Bobby George offered tips and encouragement from the sidelines, but her ward did not pull the trigger on the take-off board to finish her final attempt with a weak 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