Maia, July 20 -- India's Murali Sreeshankar made a triumphant return to international competition by winning the men's long jump at the Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto 2025 in Maia, Portugal, on Saturday.

Competing abroad for the first time since 2023, the 26-year-old Indian athlete registered a best effort of 7.75m on his second attempt to top the field, as per Olympics.com.

The Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto is a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze-level meet (category C) in Portugal.

Poland's Piotr Tarkowski also logged 7.75m on his fifth attempt, but Sreeshankar claimed the top spot thanks to a superior second-best mark - 7.69m from his third jump - compared to Tarkowski's 7.58m.

As per World Athletics rules, if two or more a...