Chennai, Aug. 24 -- India's long jump athlete Murali Sreeshankar extended his win streak to five events in this season after tasting success at the National Inter-State Senior Athletics Championships 2025, but failed to breach the qualification mark for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo next month.

Sreeshankar made an 8.06m leap, but fell short of the 8.27m men's long jump qualifying mark for the World Athletics Championships, according to Olympics.com. The 26-year-old, who returned from a knee injury that kept him on the sidelines from last year's Paris Olympics, has won every competition that he has participated in.

The six attempts that Sreeshankar had were his last chance to earn a direct qualification for next mon...