Venizelia-Chania 2023: Selva P Thirumaran wins triple jump silver, breaks Jr. National Record

Thirumaran, who had won a silver in the U-20 World Athletics Championship last year, won the triple jump event courtesy of a 16.78m leap.

Thirumaran set a new Junior National Record in the triple jump with an effort of 16.78m in the final. (FILE PHOTO) | Photo Credit: KSL

India’ Selva P Thirumaran won gold in triple jump at the Venizelia-Chania 2023 International Meeting and broke the Junior National Record in the process on Sunday.

Thirumaran, who had won a silver in the U-20 World Athletics Championship last year, won the event courtesy of a 16.78m leap.

The Madurai-born Thirumaran just had three legal jumps in the final, but made the most of it, with the second jump turning out to be the decisive one.

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