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Murali Sreeshankar secured India a silver medal in the Asian Games men's long jump with an 8.07m leap, finishing behind China's Yuhao Shi.
Ancy Sojan won Asian Games women's long jump silver with 6.53m, narrowly beaten by China's 6.55m jump.
'Murali Sreeshankar aims to upgrade his previous silver medal to gold at the upcoming Asian Games in Japan.',
Kerala athletes Sajan Prakash and Murali Sreeshankar reached finals in swimming and long jump respectively at the Commonwealth Games
M Sreeshankar cleared 8.12 m to clinch gold in the Simbine Classic World Athletics Continental Tour Silver in South Africa.
Ancy Sojan was left disappointed to see the dip in the quality of senior girls' long jump at the Kerala School Games.
None of the participants managed to breach the Olympic qualification mark at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium.
The Thrissur native breached her personal best twice and leapt 6.63 metres to bag the second spot behind Shiqi Xiong of China, who jumped 6.73 metres to claim gold.
Keralite Sreeshankar produced a jump of 7.97m in his opening jump to book his spot in the final.
Olympic champion Tentoglou edged ahead of Jamaica's Wayne Pinnock with his final jump.
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