Murali Sreeshankar is an Indian athlete who competes in the long jump event. He created a national record of 8.36 metres set in 2022.

Sreeshankar comes from a sporting background. His father S. Murali is a former triple jump athlete and silver medalist at the South Asian Games.  His mother K. S. Bijimol has won a silver medal in 800 metres at the 1992 Asian Junior Athletics Championships. His sister Sreeparvathy is a heptathlete.

In March 2018, Sreeshankar cleared a 7.99 m jump at the Federation Cup in Patiala. He participated in the 2018 Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Gifu despite not having fully recovered from the illness and won bronze with a jump of 7.47 metres.

In September 2018, Sreeshankar broke the national record at the National Open Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar with a leap of 8.20 metres. It was also the world leading jump of the season among under-20 athletes., It made him the first Indian athlete to qualify for the 2019 World Athletics Championships  At the World Championships in Doha, Sreeshankar failed to qualify for the finals, achieving a best jump of 7.62m, with the qualification mark set at 8.15.

Sreeshankar qualified for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics by recording a jump of 8.26m, a new national record, at the Federation Cup in Patiala in March 2021. At the Olympics, he registered a jump of 7.69m in the qualifying round and failed to enter the final.

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At the 2022 World Athletics Championships, he qualified for the final round and finished seventh with a jump of 7.96 m. 

Murali Sreeshankar will now represent India at the Paris Olympics 2024. He would be one of the most prominent Indian track and field athletes to participate in the Summer Games.

Let us have a look a top three performances of Murali Sreeshankar as he sets out for Paris Olympics 2024.

2022 Commonwealth Games

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Sreeshankar won the silver medal with a jump of 8.08 metres and became the first male long jumper from India to win a silver medal at the Games.

2022 Asian Games

Sreeshankar won a silver medal at the 2022 Asian Games held in Hangzhou. He registered the best leap of 8.19m to finish second.

2023 Asian Athletics Championships

The athlete bagged a silver medal at the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok. He recorded an 8.37m jump to win the silver medal.

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Indian javelin throw star Neeraj Chopra is the heartthrob of the nation. He has always lived up to the expectations of his fans and served as an inspiration for youth.

Neeraj Chopra was introduced to javelin throw at a stadium in Panipat where he saw some athletes practicing the sport and he started taking part himself.

Chopra then picked up javelin throw as his sporting career and ever since has consistently shown his prowess on the field. He is one of the top medal contenders for India in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.

The golden boy of India has brought home innumerable medals and flown high the tri-colours. Among so many of his powerful performances, there are some that have been the most notable ones.

Let us have a look at some of Neeraj Chopra’s five best performances.

Tokyo Olympic 2020

The gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is the highlight of Chopra’s sporting career.

The throw of 87.58 m in the finals gave India its first gold medal in a track and field event at the Olympics. With this he also became the only second Indian after Abhinav Bindra (Shooting) to win an individual gold medal at the summer event.

The Olympic gold was not just an emotional moment for Chopra but for the whole of India.

2023 world championships

Chopra won gold medal in men’s javelin throw in the 2023 IAAF World Athletics Championships. He gave a best throw of 88.17 m to finish first on the podium.

The Indian javelin thrower became the first Indian to win gold at the World Championships in javelin throw.

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Commonwealth Games 2018

Neeraj Chopra bagged gold in the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. He had a best shot of 86.47 m to clinch the top post.

The then 20-year-old became the first Indian to win a gold medal in javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games.

Paavo Nurmi Games 2024

The reigning Olympic champion delivered a best throw of 85.97 m to win his first gold medal in the Paavo Nurmi Games in Turku, Finland. The gold is enough to give Chopra a major boost as he prepares for the Paris Olympic 2024 and eyes another coveted gold medal.

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IAAF World U20 Championships 2016

Chopra’s first major international outing was the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland where he won gold. set a new World Junior record of 86.48 m, becoming the first Indian athlete to achieve a world record.

Mirabai Chanu is one of the most acclaimed weightlifters of India. She has brought home many laurels winning several medals in international stages.

Chanu has become the face of weightlifting in India ever since winning a silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in the 48 kg category.

The 29-year-old is one of the prominent medal contenders of India in the upcoming Paris Olympics 2024.

Before the Paris Games kicks-off on July 26, let us have a look at five top performances of Mirabai Chanu:

World Championships 2017

After a major setback at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, where she failed in all her three attempts at clean and jerk, Mirabai Chanu came back strong to clinch a gold medal at the 2027 Weightlifting World Championships Anaheim.

In the 48 kg category, Chanu lifted 85 kg in snatch and 109 kg in clean and jerk, amounting to a total of 194 kg. She gave India the first gold medal since Karnam Malleswari’s back-to-back victories in 1994 and 1995.

Commonwealth Games 2018

The weightlifter from Manipur lifted a total of 196 kg, 86 kg in snatch and 110 kg in clean and jerk, to bag the gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast.

With those figures, Chanu broke the previous Commonwealth Games record held by Augustine Nwaokolo of Nigeria in 2010.

Commonwealth Games 2022

Mirabai Chanu returned to the Commonwealth Games as a formidable force and shattered her own previous Games record. She lifted a total of 201 kg with 88 kg in snatch and 113 in clean and jerk to defend her gold medal in Birmingham.

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World Championships 2022

Chanu participated at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships in Bogota with a wrist injury.

With a total lift of 200 kg (87 kg snatch + 113 kg clean and jerk), the Indian weightlifter finished second in the podium and brought home the silver medal.

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Tokyo Olympic 2020

Mirabai Chanu became the first participant to give India a medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Competing in the 49 kg category, Chanu lifted a total of 202 kg (87 kg snatch + 115 kg clean and jerk) to win a silver medal. She fell short behind China’s Hou Zhihui, who finished first with a combined lift of 210 kg.

Chanu became the second Indian weightlifter, after Karnam Malleswari at Sydney 2000, to win an Olympic medal. This has so far been the brightest spot of Chanu’s weightlifting career.