BANGKOK: After overcoming uncertainties regarding his entry for the championship, M Sreeshankar came up with his season's best of 8.37m. It was an effort that was close to the Asian gold but then it was m ore than the Paris Olympics qualification mark of 8.27m.
"The biggest takeaway from this meet is that he has qualified for the Olympics," Sreeshankar' s father and coach Murali told TOI. "He doesn't have to worry about qualification anymore and can focus on getting better," he added. The coach felt Sreeshankar could have done better with the take-off. "Even in the big last jump he left a few on the board. Plus it came against a head wind of 1. 1m. It was a good field as the top-3 went past the 8m mark."
