India’s Selva Prabhu wins gold medal in triple jump at Venizelia-Chania 2023 athletics
Selva Prabhu’s winning leap of 16.78m at the Greece meet also saw him break the junior national record in men’s triple jump.
Athletics
India’s Selva Prabhu Thirumaran bagged the gold medal in the men’s triple jump event at the Venizelia-Chania International 2023 athletics meet in Greece on Sunday and in the process, recorded his personal best and also overhauled the junior national record.
The 18-year-old Selva Prabhu topped the podium in the event with a leap of 16.78m. The Tamil Nadu athlete registered three legal jumps of 16.34m, 16.78m and 16.25m. However, his second jump was enough to win him a medal and break the junior national record.
Selva Prabhu had won a silver medal in the World Athletics U20 Championships with a jump of 16.15m in Colombia last year.
Julian Konle of Australia finished second with a jump of 16.60m while local athlete Dimítrios 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 7.66m.
The 21-year-old Jeswin Aldrin holds the men’s long jump national record courtesy a 8.42m leap at the National Open Jumps competition in Bellary 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 medal, respectively.