Indian long jumper M Sreeshankar, 22, who is pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics, is currently juggling between mathematics and his Tokyo Olympics preparations. 

Realistic target  

Sreeshankar, who is training with his father-coach S Murali (former triple jump athlete) at the Government Medical College ground in Palakkad, Kerala, said that his realistic target would be to jump between 8.35m and 8.40m. “That’s the realistic distance my dad has figured out for me. I am improving my performance day by day; the parameters are getting better and I am getting closer to that big target,” Sreeshankar said in reply to a question from Sunday mid-day during a virtual media interaction facilitated by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Saturday.