Long jumper Jeswin Aldrin leaps to new national record

With his jump of 8.42 metres, Aldrin broke Murali Sreeshankar’s previous mark of 8.36m. Kerala’s Muhammed Yahiya (7.85m)  won the silver, while Rishabh Rishishwar (7.77m) took bronze. The men’s triple jump event also saw a new national record set by TN’s  Praveen Chithravel  (17.17m)

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