Aboobacker, also a Commonwealth Games silver medalist, secured the World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze label (category C) athletics meet with the best attempt of 16.08 m at the Olympic Training Base.
Tejaswin is the international decathlete who holds the National Record and specialises in the high jump. He is India's first-ever high jump medallist at the Commonwealth Games, securing a bronze medal at Hangzhou back in 2023. Jay is an All India University record holder in the triple jum
India's Praveen Chithravel clinched the silver medal in the men's triple jump at the Asian Athletics Championships with an impressive leap of 16.90 metres. The young athlete expressed satisfaction with his performance but also hinted at areas for improvement in future competitions.
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During the competition, the focus will also be on Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Parul Chaudhary (3000m steeplechase) and Abdulla Aboobacker (triple jump), who will return to defend their respective Asian titles in Gumi from May 27 to 31, as per Olympics.com.
Indian long jump athlete Shaili Singh and triple jumper Praveen Chithravel bagged gold medals at the Indian Grand Prix 1 2024 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru.
Abdulla, who secured a gold medal last year in the Asian Athletics Championships held at Bangkok and a silver during Birmingham Commonwealth Games back in 2022, logged the best leap of 16.33 m in China.
Dynamic triple-jumper Praveen Chitravel secured a bronze medal in the Men's Triple Jump with a best jump of 16.68m at the ongoing 19th Asian Games on Tuesday.
Chithravel holds the triple jump national record at 17.37m attained in Cuba in May, meeting the qualifying standard for the World Athletics Championships to be held in August in Budapest, Hungary.
Yarraji clocked 13.09 seconds to clinch gold in the final race ahead of two Japanese runners Terada Asuka (13.13s) and Aoki Masumi (13.26s) at the Supachalasai Stadium.
The Triple Jump trio of Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker and Eldhose Paul bagged the qualification for the Asian Games 2023 later in the year. The national record holder Praveen Chithravel has been constantly breaching the 17-metre mark since the Indian Open Throws and Jumps held in th