M. Sreeshankar, the nationwide lengthy leap document holder, stunned Indoor Worlds silver medallist Thobias Montler and received the gold with 8.31m on the Worldwide Leaping Meet in Kallithea, Athens, on Wednesday.
Sreeshankar, who has a private better of 8.36m, took the title along with his third leap after 7.88 and seven.71 in his first two makes an attempt. His fourth was 7.79 whereas the subsequent two had been fouls.
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It was Sreeshankar’s worldwide season-opener and his first abroad competitors after the Tokyo Olympics.
Sweden’s Montler, who was seventh in final 12 months’s Tokyo Olympics, took the silver with 8.27 whereas France’s Jules Pommery picked the bronze with a private greatest 8.17m.
