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Triple Jumper Praveen Chithravel qualifies for Asian Games with effort of 16.92m

June 26, 2026 11:47 pm

Despite conditions being less than ideal, the national record holder clears the qualification mark of 16.28m in first attempt; now has eyes set on Asiad and CWG podiums

Selva Prabhu becomes triple jump NCAA outdoor champion. (K State)

From a doctor's room in Madurai to NCAA champion: the Selva Prabhu story

June 13, 2026 9:40 pm

His father sold four acres of farmland to fund his dreams. On Friday in Eugene, Selva Prabhu won the NCAA Outdoor triple jump title with a leap of 16.92m.

Inter-state athletics meet: Chitravel becomes third Indian to breach 17m mark in triple jump this year

June 15, 2022 10:49 pm

Tamil cinema fan makes World championship cut with leap of 17.18m.

Triple jump's band of brothers Unnikrishan, Aboobacker, Paul make 17 metres the new norm

May 26, 2022 1:29 pm

By training together with the same coach the trio of triple jumpers push each other to the limit; two of them have crossed 17 metres, one has a jump of 16.99 metres

'It’s a setback’: Triple-jumper Arpinder Singh on being dropped from TOPS core group

December 01, 2020 9:23 am

While Sports Authority of India (SAI) inducted eight new athletes, including javelin thrower Shivpal Singh, KT Irfan and women sprinter Dutee Chand, in the core group, Arpinder Singh was dropped from the list.