World Sports Indoor Titles 2024: Jeswin Aldrin, Praveen Chithravel persevere through extreme trip

Just two Indian competitors contended in Glasgow; Jeswin Aldrin completed thirteenth in the long leap while Praveen Chithravel was eleventh in the triple leap.

India stalled out mentally at the World Sports Indoor Titles 2024 in Glasgow, Scotland after Jeswin Aldrin completed thirteenth in the men’s long leap occasion and Praveen Chithravel set eleventh in the triple leap.

The two were the main Indian competitors contending at the nineteenth release of the World Indoor Sports Titles.

In the men’s long leap contest, Jeswin Aldrin, contending in a 16-man field, logged 7.69m to complete thirteenth. The Indian competitor accomplished his imprint in his most memorable endeavor and fouled the following two to complete external the best eight and was dispensed with.

Aldrin’s endeavor was well shy of his own best of 7.97m – likewise the indoor public record – which won him the silver award at the Asian Indoor Titles the year before. The 22-year-old likewise holds India’s open air public record of 8.42m. Last month, Aldrin hopped 7.83m to complete third at the Belgrade Indoor Gathering in Serbia.

Greece’s Miltiadis Tentoglou, the ruling Olympic and title holder, effectively protected his long leap indoor title in Glasgow however just barely. Both Tentoglou and Italy’s Mattia Furlani, the inevitable silver medallist, recorded 8.22m yet the tie-break went the Greek jumper’s way as he had the better second-best leap.

Later in the day, Praveen Chithravel came eleventh in a 14-man men’s triple leap field.

Chithravel, who holds the public record of 17.37m, steadily worked on as the opposition advanced. In the wake of logging 15.76m and 16.29m with his initial two leaps, the Indian competitor dealt with a season’s best 16.45m with his third endeavor yet couldn’t stay away from end.

Hugues Fabrice Zango of Burkina Faso, the 2023 open air title holder, took the gold in the occasion with a season’s best leap of 17.53m while Algeria’s Yasser Mohammed Triki (17.35m) and Portugal’s Tiago Pereira (17.08m) secured the silver and bronze, separately.