(Athletics news) Olympic 2021 Live Update: The Olympic Games campaign of 22-year-old Murali Sreeshankar has come to an end after he managed 7.69 and 7.51 in his first two attempts and only 7.43m in his final attempt with 8.15m being the direct qualification mark.

Indian long jump sensation and national record holder Sreeshankar was competing in his first Olympics and was seeded in Group B of the Men's Long Jump Heat on the second day of the Tokyo Olympics. World No. 1 Tajay Gayle of Jamaica and Juan Miguel Echevarria of Cuba were among them.

The world number 38 got off to a good start, to say the least. In his first effort, he got a distance of 7.69 (+0.1). Sreeshankar was unable to better that distance on his second effort, which was 7.51 metres (-0.2).

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