SAINT-DENIS, France — Miltiadis Tentoglou flexed his biceps, draped the Greek flag over his shoulders and stared up into the clear night sky above the packed Stade de France. It was a moment to savor: Tentoglou became only the second man after Carl Lewis to win two consecutive Olympic long jump titles, adding the gold at the 2024 Games on …
SAINT-DENIS, France — From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men’s long jump throughout the history of the Summer Olympics, but there was no one from the United States in that event’s final on Tuesday night. Lewis alone won four consecutive gold medals in the long jump — at Los Angeles …
India's Jeswin Aldrin on Friday ended his men's long jump event in a disappointment as the national record holder finished 11th in the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Aldrin was the lone Indian to reach the event's final after he recorded a jump of 8.0m in the qualification. Aldrin became only the second Indian after M Sreeshankar to qualify …
The World Athletics Championships 2023 will be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27. PB - 8.42m - AFI National Jumps Competition, March 2, 2023 SB - 8.42m - AFI National Jumps Competition, March 2, 2023 Murali Sreesankar FILE PHOTO: India’s Murali Sreeshankar in action. The Commonwealth Games silver medallist comes into the event with a personal and season-best …
In this episode of What Google Won’t Tell You, Jonathan Selvaraj and Ipsit Mohapatra speak to Asian Championships and Commonwealth Games silver medal-winning long jumper Murali Sreeshankar. He doesn’t have to say anything like get ready for the evening, or get good sleep or eat at this time because I am programmed that way from a very young age, so …