Jeswin Aldrin

Lokesh Sathyanathan’s 8.21m jump in Fayetteville last month broke his own national record and made him the fourth Indian to win an NCAA Division I title. Now third on India’s all-time list, the feat follows years of injuries and personal loss, with his journey driven by his mother’s last words and his father’s constant presence.

Indian long jumper Lokesh Sathyanathan won gold at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas with an 8.21m leap, setting a new Indian indoor record. The Tarleton State University athlete finished ahead of De'Aundre Ward and Tafadzwa Chikomba. Lokesh dedicated the milestone to his late mother, who died from COVID-19 in 2021.

Commonwealth Games will be 'a bit tight' for 100m hurdles National Record holder Jyotir Yarraji to return following last year’s ACL injury setback, says her coach James Hillier

Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor and long jumper jeswin aldrin showcased their prowess by clinching gold medals on the third day of the National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar. Despite their victories, both athletes fell short of their personal best performances and the qualifying marks for the Paris Olympics. Toor secured the top spot with a throw of 20.38m in the third round. However, this distance was below his personal best of 21.77m and the Olympics qualifying mark of 21.50m.

Shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor, sprinter Amlan Borgohain and hurdler Jyothi Yarraji will be among 25 top Indian athletes who will take part in the Asian Indoor Championships to be held in Astana, Kazakhstan, from February 10 to 12.

Quarter-milers Amoj Jacob and Priya Mohan shared the limelight with long jumpers jeswin aldrin and Ancy Sojan in the Indian Grand Prix 1 Athletics Meet at the Chandrasekharan Nair Police Stadium here on Sunday. Amlan Borgohain of Assam and Tamil Nadu's S Dhanalakshmi were comfortable winners in the men's and women's 200m respectively.

The 30-member Indian athletics team will finalize their Olympic preparations at three overseas locations before gathering in Paris on July 28. Training will take place at the Olympic Sports Center in Spala, Poland; Antalya, Turkey; and St. Moritz, Switzerland. Olympic javelin champion Neeraj Chopra is already in Antalya. New team members jeswin aldrin and Ankita Dhyani were included based on World Athletics rankings. Athletes like race walkers and jumpers are currently training in Bengaluru. The 4x400m relay teams and other athletes will head to Poland shortly.

Indian athletes, including hurdlers Jyothi Yarraji and Nithya Ramraj, as well as long jumpers Murali Sreeshankar and jeswin aldrin, have qualified for the finals at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. Yarraji recorded an impressive time of 13.03 seconds in the women's 100m hurdles event, while Sreeshankar achieved a jump of 7.97 meters in the men's long jump.

Aldrin was not named in the 22-member Indian team as his performance in the last three events conducted by the AFI had dipped. But on Friday, the AFI said Aldrin will be given a chance.

Murali Sreeshankar, the Indian long jumper who won the silver medal at the Commonwealth Games in 2022, thinks it will be difficult to win the gold medal at the National Games in 2022, especially since jeswin aldrin and Mohammed Anees Yahiya will also be competing.

India's premier long jumper Murali Sreeshankar won the gold medal at the 12th International Jumping Meeting in Kallithea, Greece with an effort of 8.31m.

Mudalur, a village in the Thoothukudi district in Tamil Nadu, has been renowned for its sweet dish muscoth halwa. Now, Mudalur has something else to be proud of, courtesy jeswin aldrin, the grandson of Joseph Abraham, who made muscoth halwa popular in 1960s.

Tamil Nadu's S Dhanalakshmi got the better of Hima Das to win the women's 200m final at the Indian Grand Prix 1 in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. Dhanalakshmi topped the charts with a timing of 23.21 seconds while Hima clocked 23.45. Kerala's Anjali PD was third (24.19).

Battling dwindling form, long jumper jeswin aldrin was on Sunday included in the Indian squad for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, starting July 15.

India's unimpressive show in the Paris Games athletics continued with national record holder jeswin aldrin failing to qualify for the men's long jump event on Sunday.

Bannihatti (Karnataka), March 2 (PTI) Tamil Nadu's jeswin aldrin hogged the limelight with a national record in men's long jump in the second AFI National Jumps Competition near here on Thursday. The 21-year-old leapt 8.42 metres to erase the the previous mark of 8.36 metres set by India teammate M Sreeshankar at the Federation Cup in Kozhikode in April last year.

Leading triple jumper Praveen Chitravel and long jumpers jeswin aldrin and M Sreeshankar will be more in focus behind Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and steeplechaser Avinash Sable as the Indian team for the World Athletics Championships was announced on Tuesday.

Indian athletes continue their good run at the 10th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan on Sunday after Jyothi Yarraji and jeswin aldrin won a silver medal each in the women's 60m hurdles and men's long jump events respectively.

jeswin aldrin, the national record holder in long jump, concluded the World Indoor Athletics Championships on Saturday with a disappointing 13th-place finish, managing a leap of 7.69 meters.

Battling dwindling form, long jumper jeswin aldrin was on Sunday included in the Indian squad for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Oregon, starting July 15.

Top Indian long jumper jeswin aldrin won gold in the 3rd Golden Fry Series athletics meet at Schaan in Liechtenstein, with an impressive effort of 8.12m. It was the first time Aldrin had jumped more than 8m outside India. He had failed to touch 8m in his last five meets.

As Annu Rani in women's javelin throw and Sreeshankar in men's long jump flopped at the World Athletics Championships, jeswin aldrin altered the script, bagging the 12th and last spot in the men's long jump final scheduled on Thursday night.

jeswin aldrin, the national record holder in long jump, secured a spot in the finals of his maiden World Athletics Championships. However, his fellow competitor Murali Sreeshankar faced an unexpected exit due to a lackluster performance at the qualification round in Budapest on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu long jumper jeswin aldrin is not disappointed that his best effort of a wind-assisted 8.37m didn't make it to the record books as he aims to repeat his stellar performance during the World Championships later this year.

Tamil Nadu came up with a strong show at the National Federation Cup Junior U-20 athletics championship which concluded in Bhopal on Wednesday evening. TN athletes won 5 golds, 2 silvers and 5 bronze medals in the competition.

Quarter-miler Arokia Rajiv has told the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) that he will not be able to take part in the retrial run for a spot in the 4x400m relay team for the upcoming World Championships.

Ace long jumper Murali Sreeshankar produced a terrific 8.41m effort in his very first attempt in the qualifying round at the National Inter-State Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar to qualify for the World Championships. Producing his personal best attempt, Murali fell short of jeswin aldrin's national record of 8.42m set earlier this year by just 1cm.