New Delhi, Feb 24 (TIWN) Murali Sreeshankar, India's national men's long jump record holder, is geared up to compete in the second leg of the one-day Indian Grand Prix Meet scheduled for Thursday at Patiala's National Institute of Sports (NIS) campus. Sreeshankar is focusing on achieving the 2021 Olympic qualification mark of 8.22m.

Sreeshankar's personal best and national record of 8.20m was set in September at the 2018 Open Athletics Championships held in Bhubaneswar.  The 21-year-old athlete from Palakkad said he is targeting to better his personal best mark. "I have got my Covid-19 test done. All is good. I'm excited at competing in the competition after more than a year. My main focus during the competition will be on achieving a personal best, and go past the Olympic qualification mark," Sreeshankar told IANS.