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With less than 100 days to go for Paris 2024, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games medallist Murali Sreeshankar has announced that he won’t be able to compete in the Paris Olympics due to a knee injury he sustained during training that will require surgery to recover from the setback.
The renowned long jumper, who had qualified for the Olympics with an impressive jump of 8.37m in the Asian Athletics Championships in Bangkok in July 2023, expressed his disappointment in an emotional social media post.
“I suffered a knee injury during training on Tuesday, and all tests and consultations later, it’s been decided that I would need surgery, ruling me out of the one single thing I have chased relentlessly all these years,” Sreeshankar said in a post on social media.
"All my life, I've had the courage to look at a setback in the eye, accept situations I can't change, and work hard at dictating the outcomes of those I can. Unfortunately, in what feels like a nightmare, but is a reality, my Paris Olympic Games dream is over," Sreeshankar added.
In June 2023, Sreeshankar achieved a notable milestone as he became the third Indian athlete to secure a top-three finish in a Diamond League Meeting.
However, he faced disappointment with an early exit in the qualifying round of the World Championships in Budapest but bounced back strongly to win the Asian Games silver at Huangzhou.
"Life writes strange scripts, and some times there is courage in accepting it and moving on. That's what I will do,” 25-year-old Sreeshankar continued.
"My journey to a comeback began the minute I injured my knee. The road is going to be long, difficult and will take a lot out of me”.
"I will need your prayers, love and positive energy. I may jump alone, but it takes a collective push before every leap. This is my biggest one yet," Sreeshankar concluded.
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