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Stan Rayan

Sreeshankar makes history in Paris with long jump bronze in Diamond League

M. Sreeshankar upset some big names as he won the long jump bronze at the Diamond League on a cloudy night at the Charlety Stadium in Paris on Friday. The Commonwealth Games silver medallist came up with an 8.09m in the third round for his biggest medal this year.

That made Sreeshankar only the third Indian, after discus thrower Vikas Gowda and javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, and the first Indian long jumper to win a medal in the Diamond League.

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