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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.
Keralite Sreeshankar could only manage a best of 7.74m, which he achieved in his first try.
The Kerala long jumper is determined to bounce back after finishing fourth in the recent Asian Athletics Championships.
The Indian mixed 4x400m relay quartet clinched the gold with a time of 3 minute and 14.70 seconds while Sarvesh Anil Kushare and Swapna Barman added a silver each in men's high jump and heptathlon respectively.
India's top shot putter Tajinder Pal Toor shattered his own Asian record with a huge throw of 21.77m, qualifying for the World Championships.
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