Praveen Chithravel on Saturday broke the National Record in the men’d triple jump event after jumping 17.37m to finish on top of podium at the V Prueba de Confrontacion 2023 competition in Havana, Cuba.
Chithravel broke the record of 17.30m held by Ranjith Maheshwari since 2016.
The 21-year-old, whose previous best was 17.18m, also went past the qualification mark of 17.20m for the 2023 World Athletics Championship which will be held in Budapest in August.
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New #NationalRecord 🚨 in Triple Jump!
— SAI Media (@Media_SAI) May 7, 2023
🇮🇳's @PraveenChithra1 sets new NR with a jump of 17.37m (-1.5 m/s) in 🇨🇺.#TOPSchemeAthlete Praveen made 4 jumps over 17m during the event and also qualified for the World Championships in Budapest!
Congratulations champ 🥳🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/cTKzF9hJSo
T Selva Prabhu, an U20 World Championships silver medallist, finished fourth at the event in Cuba with a jump of 16.59m.
2018 Asian Games gold medallist Arpinder Singh finished sixth with a jump of 15.03m.
All-time top 10 for India in men's TJ
| Rank | Mark | WIND | Competitor | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17.37 | -1.5 | Praveen CHITHRAVEL | Estadio Panamericano, La Habana (CUB) | 06 MAY 2023 |
| 2 | 17.30 | +1.8 | Renjith MAHESWARY | Bengaluru (IND) | 11 JUL 2016 |
| 3 | 17.19 | +1.4 | Abdulla NARANGOLINTEVIDA | Bhubaneshwar (IND) | 21 MAY 2022 |
| 4 | 17.17 | 0.0 | Arpinder SINGH | Lucknow (IND) | 08 JUN 2014 |
| 5 | 17.10 | 0.0 | Karthik UNNIKRISHNAN | Bhubaneshwar (IND) | 21 MAY 2022 |
| 6 | 16.99 | +0.6 | Eldhose PAUL | CH Muhammed Koya Stadium, Thenhipalam (IND) | 06 APR 2022 |
| 7 | 16.79 | Mohinder SINGH GILL | Fresno, CA (USA) | 08 MAY 1971 | |
| 7 | 16.79 | +0.3 | Mohammed Salahuddin SHARFUDEEN NIZAMUDDIN | Lucknow (IND) | 28 AUG 2019 |
| 9 | 16.77 | 0.0 | Amarjeet SINGH | Korat (THA) | 26 JUN 2008 |
| 10 | 16.63 | 0.0 | Rakesh Babu ARAYAN VEETTIL | Guwahati (IND) | 29 JUN 2018 |