Youth Olympics: Triple jumper Praveen Chitravel clinches bronze

With a combines effort of 31.52m, Praveen won bronze despite a fifth place finish in stage 2.

Tamil Nadu triple jumper C. Praveen with his coach Indira Suresh. (File Photo)

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

Praveen cleared a distance of 15.68m to finish fifth in the Stage 2 competition 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 a 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, meaning results from both rounds are counted 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.

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This is India’s second athletics medal at the ongoing Games after Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men’s 5000m race walk event on Monday. With three golds and eight silvers already in its bag, this is India’s 12th medal and first bronze at the Games.