Youth Olympics: Triple jumper Chitravel clinches bronze

October 17, 2018 10:32 IST

Praveen Chitravel

IMAGE: Praveen Chitravel claimed the bronze medal with a combined effort of 31.52m in the men's triple jump event. Photograph: Rahul Pawar/Twitter

Praveen Chitravel clinched a bronze in the men's triple jump to give India its second athletics medal in the ongoing Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.

Praveen cleared a distance of 15.68m to finish fifth in the Stage 2 competition on Tuesday night but his good showing in Stage 1 where he was third with a jump of 15.84m took him to the podium with a combined effort of 31.52m.

In the new format, there are no finals in track and field (with the exception of 4km cross-country) in the Youth Olympics and each event is held twice, with results from both rounds counting towards the final standings.

Alejandro Diaz of Cuba won the gold with a combined effort of 34.18m (17.14 + 17.04) while Emmeanuel Oritsemeyiwa (16.34 + 15.51) of Nigeria took the silver.

This was India's second athletics medal in these ongoing Games after Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men's 5000m race walk event on Monday.

This was India's 12th medal and first bronze in the Games, having already won three gold and eight silver medals.

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