David patturaj

Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic: India's Murali Sreeshankar and David Patturaj have qualified for the men's long jump final from their respective groups at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026 here on Sunday.

The two Indian athletes were among the 12 long jumpers to make their way into the final, which will take place on Monday at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium. Sreeshankar, the Hangzhou Games silver medallist, registered his best jump of 7.84m and was second in Group B, while Patturaj was third in Group A with his best leap of 7.62m.

In the overall qualification, Sreeshankar was second while Patturaj was seventh. The automatic jump mark for the final qualification was 7.90m; however, only Uzbekistan's Anvar Anvarov managed to breach that mark when he leapt to a distance of 8.00m. All the other 11 athletes qualified on the merit of being the next best in the qualifications.