India’s Selva P Thirumaran finished second to bag the first ever triple jump silver by an Indian athlete at any level of the World Championships, when he registered a 16.15m effort in Cali U20 Championships.
It was India’s third medal of the ongoing U20 World Championships.
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— SPORTS ARENA🇮🇳 (@SportsArena1234) August 6, 2022
SELVA THIRUMARAN BAGS 🥈 FOR 🇮🇳 with his PB effort of 16.15m => India's 3️⃣rd🏅of the event
SO CLOSE YET SO FAR - Vivek threw his PB (72.17m) but missed the podium as he finished 4th(Javelin)!
NANDINI AGASARA reaches W100mH FINALS,created yet another NU20R [13.34s] pic.twitter.com/ZGipiyN0MU
| Edition | ATHLETE | EVENT | MEDAL WON | PERFORMANCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 - Jamaica | Seema Antil | Discus Throw Women | BRONZE | 55.83m |
| 2014 - USA | Navjeet Kaur Dhillon | Discus Throw Women | Bronze | 56.36m |
| 2016 - Poland | Neeraj Chopra | Javelin Throw Men | Gold | 86.48m (U20 WR) |
| 2018 - Finland | Hima Das | 400m Women | Gold | 51.46s |
| 2021 - Nairobi | Barath, Priya, Kapil and Summy | Mixed 4x400m | Bronze | 3:20.60s |
| 2021 - Nairobi | Amit Khatri | 10000 race walk men | Silver | 42:17.94s |
| 2021 - Nairobi | Shaili Singh | Long jump women | Silver | 6.59m |
| 2022 - Cali | Barath, Priya, Kapil and Rupal | Mixed 4x400m | Silver | 3:17.76s (Asian Record) |
| 2022 - Cali | Rupal | Women's 400m | Silver | |
| 2022 - Cali | Selva P Thirumaran | Men's Triple Jump | Silver |