Murali Sreeshankar wins second straight Commonwealth Games long jump silver at Glasgow 2026
On 29 July 2026 Murali Sreeshankar won the men's long jump silver at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games with 8.09 m, behind Jamaica's Tajay Gayle (8.15 m), repeating his Birmingham 2022 silver.
Summary
Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men's long jump at the Commonwealth Games 2026 at Scotstoun Stadium, Glasgow, on 29 July with a best of 8.09 m on his second attempt. Former world champion Tajay Gayle of Jamaica took gold with 8.15 m in the fourth round and Scotland's Stephen Mackenzie won bronze with 8.08 m; India's Lokesh Sathyanathan finished fifth (7.97 m). It was Sreeshankar's second successive CWG silver after Birmingham 2022 and came after his comeback from a knee injury that kept him out of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
Key facts
- Event
- Men's long jump, CWG 2026, Glasgow (Scotstoun Stadium)
- Result
- Silver – 8.09 m
- Gold
- Tajay Gayle (Jamaica) – 8.15 m
- Bronze
- Stephen Mackenzie (Scotland) – 8.08 m
- Significance
- Second straight CWG silver (also Birmingham 2022)
Practice MCQs 2 questions
Who won the men's long jump gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, relegating India's Murali Sreeshankar to silver?
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Correct answer: D — Tajay Gayle (Jamaica)
Jamaica's Tajay Gayle won gold with 8.15 m; Sreeshankar took silver with 8.09 m and Scotland's Stephen Mackenzie bronze with 8.08 m.
What was Murali Sreeshankar's best jump in winning the long jump silver at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games?
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Correct answer: C — 8.09 m
Sreeshankar's best was 8.09 m on his second attempt. 8.15 m was Gayle's winning jump, 8.08 m the bronze mark and 7.97 m Lokesh Sathyanathan's best.