ATHENS: India’s Selva Prabhu Thirumaran claimed the gold medal in the men’s triple jump event at the Venizelia-Chania International 2023 athletics meet in Greece and, in the process, recorded his personal best while also overhauling the junior national record, as reported by Olympics.com
The 18-year-old Prabhu topped the podium in the event with a leap of 16.78 mt. The Tamil Nadu athlete registered three legal jumps of 16.34 mt, 16.78 mt and 16.2 5mt. However, his second jump was enough to win him a medal and break the junior national record.
Julian Konle of Australia finished second with a jump of 16.60m while local athlete Dimitrios Tsiamis claimed third place with a 16.33m effort.
In the men’s long jump event at the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze meet, India’s Jeswin Aldrin finished overall fifth with a best jump of 7.66 mt.
The 21-year-old Jeswin Aldrin holds the men’s long jump national record, courtesy a 8.42 mt leap at the National Open Jumps competition in Ballari, Karnataka, earlier this year.
The gold medal went to Jalen Rucker of Australia, who produced a jump of 7.86m. France’s Jules Pommery (7.84m) and Nikolaos Stamatonikolos (7.81m) of Greece bagged the silver and bronze medals, respectively. (ANI)