File image of Murali Sreeshankar© AFP
Commonwealth Games silver medalist long jumper Murali Sreeshankar finished sixth in the Diamond League meet with a bottom effort of 7.94m in Monaco on Wednesday. Sreeshankar made the best jump in his fifth attempt. She had won a silver medal at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games six days ago with a best jump of 8.08m. His season and personal best is 8.36m.
He had finished seventh at the World Championships in Eugene, USA, last month.
Cuba’s Maykel Masso won the event with a best effort of 8.35m, while World Championships silver medalist and defending Olympic champion Miltiadis Tantoglu (8.31m) of Greece and Marquis Dendi (8.31m) of the USA finished second and third respectively. .
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