Praveen Chithravel qualified for the World Championships in the men’s triple jump event at the 28th Federation Cup 2025, which concluded in Kochi on Thursday.
Chithravel recorded a jump of 17.37m in his third attempt at the Maharaja College Stadium, to match his previous national record set in 2023 at an athletics event in Cuba.
The effort saw him breach the men’s triple jump qualifying for the World Athletics Championships 2025, which was set at 17.22m. The marquee event will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from September 13 to 21.
With his first leap of 16.66 m, he also breached the Asian Championship mark of 16.59m. Asian champion Abdulla Aboobacker registered his best effort of 16.99 to clinch the silver medal.
In an eventful final day, Animesh Kujur broke the national record in men’s 200m with a timing of 20.40s. He pipped Amlan Borgohain (20.80s) to record the best timing in Asia, so far, in this ongoing season and also better entry standards of 20.53s for the Asian Athletics Championships set by the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
28th Federation Cup 2025: Results
*Breached Asian Athletics Championships entry standard
- Men’s 5000m: 1. Abhishek Pal* (13:40.59); 2. Sawan Barwal* (13:41.58); 3. Kiran Matre* (13:47.16)
- Women’s 5000m: 1. Sanjivani Baburai Jadhav* (15:43.42); 2. Seema (16:17.07); 3. Anjali Devi (16:25.78)
- Women’s hammer throw: 1. Harshita Sehrawat (61.65m); 2. Tanya Chaudhary (60.32m); 3. Mital Solanki (50.17m)
- Men’s triple jump: 1. Praveen Chithravel* (17.37m); 2. Abdulla Aboobacker (16.99)*; 3. Mohammed Muhassin (16.28m)
- Women’s high jump: 1. Pooja* (1.84m); 2. Gobika K (1.82m); 3. Abhinaya Shetty (1.80m)
- Men’s shot put: 1. Samardeep Singh Gill* (19.34m); 2. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (18.57m); 3. Aniket (17.89m)
- Women’s javelin throw: 1. Annu Rani (56.66m); 2. Karishma Sanil (52.73m); 3. Ramyashree Jain (51.17m)
- Women’s long jump: 1. Shaili Singh* (6.64m); 2. Ancy Sojan* (6.46m); 3 Moumita Mondal* (6.45m)
- Women’s 200m: 1. Nithya Gandhe (23.68s); 2. Angel Silvia M (23.91s); 3. V Sudheeksha (24.31s)
- Men’s 200m: 1. Animesh Kujur* (20.40s); 2. Amlan Borgohain (20.80s); 3. Ragul Kumar (20.85s)
- Women’s 800m: 1. Twinkle Chaudhary* (2:00.71); 2. Pooja* (2:02.89); 3. Amandeep Kaur* (2:03.69)
- Men’s 800m: 1. Anu Kumar (1:47.78); 2. Krishan Kumar (1:47.94); 3. Shakeel (1:48.16)
- Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar* (7603 points); Yaman Deep Sharma (7226 points); Jashbir Nayak (7156 points)