Murali Sreeshankar Would Have Surely Got Us Medal At Paris Olympics: Long Jumper Ancy Sojan Edappilly
Murali Sreeshankar, who had qualified for the Paris Olympics with a 8.37m leap at Asian Athletics Championships, injured his knee during training.
New Delhi: Asian Games silver medallist Ancy Sojan Edappilly felt Murali Sreeshankar would have definitely bought a medal at the Paris Olympics had the long jumper now now not been injured even as instructing about a months back. One in every of the medal hopefuls for India, Sreeshankar injured his knee even as instructing in his place of delivery Palakkad and became compelled to withdraw from the Paris Games, which starts just a week later. The 25-year-old, ranked seventh within the discipline, at present underwent knee surgical medication in Doha.
Sreeshankar had booked his Paris Olympics ticket at the Asian Athletics Championships increased-rated year when he jumped eight.37m to surpass the Qualification mark of eight.27m set by applying World Athletics and win silver. He had additionally bought a silver medal at the Asian Games in Hangzhou.
“I'm if verifiable constructive bet be informed hopeful of Neeraj (Chopra) to win a medal but I may omit Murali Sreeshankar at the Olympics. Sreeshankar would have definitely bought us a medal in Paris,” cited Ancy Sojan at the launch match of the Delhi 0.5 Marathon on Thursday. “Olympics is a enormous stage and we're ready to’t predict. I'm very cheerful that this time we've got got a sturdy lineup in athletics,” she introduced.
Out of 117 athletes, India will be represented by applying 29 competitors in athletics, led by applying Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Neeraj. The Paris-bound squad contains 18 adult adult males and eleven women athletes. Anyway Neeraj, adult adult males’s 3000m steeplechase athlete Avinash Sable is but but one more medal contender even simply because the 4x400m adult adult males’s relay team are additionally succesful to spoiling others birthday celebration.
The U-21 women’s long bounce file holder Ancy Sojan, who bought 4 gold medals within the at present concluded Khelo India Childhood Games, additionally spoke quite in regards to the Delhi 0.5 Marathon and urged any a few to run for their individual fitness.
“This match has been going on for 19 years now, and which may presumably presumably be an quite big thing for aspiring Indian long-distance runners along with to the humans of Delhi. With the progress that the Indian exercise movements routines scene has viewed over the years, it definitely is a long manner no surprise to peer the spectacular support and love that the Vedanta Delhi 0.5 Marathon has received over the years, and this time as smartly. And with but but one more Olympics across the nook, with any success, in order that that you may inspire increased runners to make their presence felt,” she cited.
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