New Delhi, July 30 -- Murali Sreeshankar had to settle for a silver in the men's long jump event after the Indian fell 0.06m short of gold medal winner Jamaican Tajay Gayle in the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2026 on Thursday. Sreeshankar had won a silver medal in the Birmingham Games in 2022.

Coming into the competition as one of the sure-shot medal contenders for India, Sreeshankar started with an effort of 8.03m in his first attempt. His best effort came in his second attempt when he bettered his first jump by 0.06m - 8.09m. However, he fouled in his third and fourth attempts.

Sreeshankar had a chance to go past Gayle in his final two attempts but recorded 7.94m and 7.97m to finish second. Gayle took gold with a huge leap of 8.15m while ...