Indian long jumper Murali Sreeshankar secured his qualification for the Paris Olympics by clinching silver at the Asian Athletics Championships in Thailand.
The 24-year-old achieved a second career-best effort of 8.37m, meeting the Olympic qualification mark with his final round jump. The qualification period for the Paris Games began on July 1, and Sreeshankar's impressive performance guarantees his participation in the prestigious event.
Chinese Taipei's Yu Tang Lin emerged as the gold medalist with a remarkable fourth-round jump of 8.40m, which ranks as the third-best effort in the world this season.
Sreeshankar, on the other hand, has already secured his spot in the Budapest World Championships in August with his career-best jump of 8.41m, which is currently the second-ranked jump worldwide, achieved during the qualification round of the National Inter-State Championships last month.
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