Praveen Chithravel, an Indian athlete, set a new national record in the men’s triple jump event at an athletics competition in Havana, Cuba, setting a new national record of 17.37m. His effort surpassed Renjith Maheswary’s previous national record of 17.30m established in the third Indian Grand Prix in Bangalore in 2016.
In the Prueba de confrontacion 2023, Praveen Chithravel achieved the outstanding result with his fifth jump, despite facing a headwind reading of -1.5m/s, which falls below the allowable wind assistance for official records (+2.0m/s). However, it’s important to note that the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) must ratify all national records.
New Triple Jump National Record – Highlights
Praveen Chithravel’s remarkable achievement in the men’s triple jump event at the Prueba de confrontacion 2023 in Havana, Cuba, has secured his qualification for the World Athletics Championships 2023, to be held in Budapest from August 19 to 27.
In the competition, he broke the national record by jumping 17.37m on his fifth attempt, despite facing a headwind reading of -1.5m/s, which is lower than the allowed wind assistance for official records (+2.0m/s). However, the ratification of this national record from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) is still pending.
Furthermore, Praveen’s incredible leap also exceeded the Asian Games 2023 qualifying standard of 16.60m set by the AFI, which he had already surpassed in March with a 17.17m jump at the second Indian Open Jumps Competition in Bellary. Before this meet, his personal best in the triple jump was 17.18m, achieved in Chennai last year.
Praveen’s recent successes mark an outstanding start to his 2023 season. He had narrowly missed out on a podium finish at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham.
However, in February 2023, he broke the national indoor record by jumping 16.98m and won a silver medal at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Astana. He followed this up with a gold medal at the second Indian Open Jumps Competition 2023 in March.
At the same event, Thirumaran Selva Prabhu also set a new Indian junior (U20) record of 16.58m, finishing fourth. Arpinder Singh, the 2018 Asian Games triple jump champion, finished sixth in the ten-man field with his best jump of 15.03m.
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