Over in Spain, Praveen Chithravel recorded a wind-assisted 16.80m jump with tailwinds measuring 2.9m/s to win the triple jump event at the X Meeting Memorial Jose Luis Hernandez 2025 athletics meet in Pamplona.
His other two legal jumps at the meet measured 16.40m and 16.27m.
Cristian Napoles (15.99m) and Eugenio Camara Mane (15.25m) finished behind the Indian.
This was Praveen Chithravel’s third competitive outing in Spain this season, but the first triple jump event. He competed in two long jump events in Guadalajara and Malaga previously.
The Indian athlete last competed in a triple jump event at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Gumi, the Republic of Korea, where he won a silver medal with a 16.90m jump.
Praveen Chithravel holds the men’s triple jump national record, with a 17.37m leap at a meet in Cuba two years ago. He matched the mark at the Federation Cup in Kochi earlier this year.