Arpinder Singh finished third in the triple jump event at the IAAF Continental Cup to become the first Indian athlete to clinch a position in top three at the event.
The Indian, who recently won gold at the Asian Games, registered a distance of 16.59m to finish behind USA’s Christian Taylor (17.59m) and Burkina Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango (17.02m).
Arpinder had jumped 16.77m in his third attempt to win the men’s triple jump gold at the recently concluded Jakarta Games to snap up India’s first Asian Games gold in men’s triple jump since 1970.
In other events featuring Indians, Neeraj Chopra missed the cut for the final round of throws after finishing outside the top four with a best mark of 80.24m. Chopra, who threw 88-plus at the Asian Games to break the national record, was competing in his third major event in a short span. His third attempt could have been could enough to get him into the final round but it landed outside the arc. Olympic champions Thomas Rohler finished with the gold.
Elsewhere, Jinson Johnson finished 6th in 1500m clocking 3:41.72s while Sudha Singh did not complete the race in 3000m Steeplechase. She was eliminated midway through the race. Mohammed Anas, meanwhile, finished 5th in 400m with a time of 45.72s.