Long Jumper Murali Sreeshankar is satisfied despite his early departure to the World Athletics Championship. Sreeshankar, when he spoke in a mixed zone after he did not qualify for the male event final, said that since he was told he would never jump again, it was a pretty successful season for him.
Murali Sreeshankar had a knee -threatening career injury in 2024, and in April last year she got under a knife. The athlete returned in July 2025, just two months before the World Athletics Championship. It is played in impressive performances in competitions and qualified for the world event.
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Sreeshankar, however, could compete at his third world championships and in his three attempts in the group’s qualifying round and could produce the best jump of 7.78 m. The show saw that he was excluded from the race to the finals.
“The 8m jump was definitely on the cards. I jumped over 8.10 meters in warm -up, so I was very confident. But I was returning from a long break and I had to press everything in a very short time. I’m not disappointed, but I said I expected 8m jump and qualifications.
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Those who touched 8.15 m or at least the best 12 seats across both groups have reached the finals.
Since March 2022 he had only two jumps worse than Monday 7.78 m. It is irony that one of these two was 7.74 m during the qualifying round of the issue of the exhibition 2023 and now failed to qualify for the final of the World Championship already the second consecutive.
The 26 -year -old man got to the finals in the 2022 edition in Eugene in the US and finished seventh.
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Despite the wrong result, Sreeshankar said that the 2025 season was a blessing for him.
“This season was a blessing. From the fact that I was able to jump on the biggest scene at the World Championship. So I just wanted this season to be preparation for next season. Again, I had a world scene and I am really happy,” Sreeshankar said about his season.
The athlete said he would take a long break, something his coach recommended along his back in the last three months. It will build for the Asian Games 2025, which will also be hosted in Japan Nagoya.
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Published:
Kingshuk Kusari
Published on:
September 16, 2025
