From walking with crutches to leaping to silver: Sreeshankar Murali’s comeback

5 min readJul 30, 2026 06:23 PM IST India's Murali Sreeshankar makes an attempt during the men's long jump final at the Commonwealth Games 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (PTI Photo) Sreeshankar Murali jumped 8.09m to clinch the men’s long jump silver at the 2026 Commonwealth Games on Wednesday. He had won the same medal at the 2022 edition with an effort of 8.08m. After the final jump, which was a foul, Sreeshankar looked disappointed, knowing that he could have won the gold which went to Tajay Gayle of Jamaica with a mark of 8.15m.However, the two silvers four years apart and the improvement of 0.01m have been accompanied by a lot of change for the jumper from Palakkad, Kerala. Sreeshankar, who also won the 2023 Asian Games silver, ruptured the patellar tendon in his