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Murali Sreeshankar and Muhammed AneesYahiya progressed from the qualification with top and eighth best finishes.
M Sreeshankar, the only Indian male long jumper to reach the finals at the World Championships, talks to ace javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra after the latter's historic silver medal feat at Oregon 2022.
A medal in the final would have made Sreeshankar the first Indian man to bag one at World Athletics Championships.
Steeplechaser Avinash Sable also made the cut on the first day of the competition.
Kerala bagged four medals on the second day of the meet in Chennai.
The Keralite bagged the gold with an effort of 7.95m at the Venizeleia-Chania 2022 athletics meet on Sunday.
The Palakkad athlete cleared 8.31m to win the 12th International Jumping Meeting at Kallithea, Greece.
Sreeshankar's 8.36m will be the new national record (if ratified) as it was a legal one, though he did not win a gold.
The Athletics Federation of India threatened action against all those who do not perform well in the Olympics.
A glance at the nine Malayalis who will be hoping to put their best foot forward in the Japanese capital.
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