Jeswin Aldrin shatters national record in men's long jump, surpasses Murali Sreeshankar

In his third attempt in the competition, he leaped a massive 8.42m jump to shatter the national record. Jeswin, who is from Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu, had a previous best of 8.26m, which he had achieved in last year’s Federation Cup in Thenhipalam. Even though in that very competition, he had recorded a jump of 8.37m as well, it was wind assisted.

Meanwhile, the wind speed on Thursday was 1.8m/s and under the permissible limit of 2m/s. As soon as Jeswin achieved the feat, the Athletics Federation of India wasted no time and tweeted, “NATIONAL RECORD ALERT. Tamil Nadu’s Jeswin Aldrin creates a new national record in Men’s Long Jump at the 2nd Indian Open Jumps Competition. With a jump of 8.42m, Jeswin broke Murali Sreeshankar’s record of 8.36m. Congratulations Jeswin! Way to go!”