World Athletics Championships 2022: Eldhose Paul Scripts History, Becomes First Indian Triple Jumper To Qualify For Finals

Eldhose Paul created history by becoming the first ever Indian Triple Jumper to qualify for the final of the event at the World Athletics Championships.

Eldhose Paul in action at the World Athletics Championships 2022

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Eldhose Paul scripted history at Oregon as the 25-year-old triple jumper becomes the first ever Indian to qualify in for the event's finals at the World Athletics Championships 2022. Three Indian athletes were competing in the triple jump event and only Eldhose Paul made it through to the finals. Eldhose registered his attempts as 16.12m, 16.68m, and 16.34m as his 16.68m was enough to book his berth in the final as he finished 12^th.

The other two Indians were Praveen Chithravel and Abdulla Aboobacker Narangolintevida who had decent outings but couldn’t qualify for the finals. Praveen registered attempts of  16.30m, 16.49m and Abdulla registered attempts of 15.92m, 16.45m, and 16.44m as they both finished 17^th and 19^th respectively.

Tokyo Olympics gold medallist Pedro Pichardo topped qualification with a leap of 17.16m, followed by Burkino Faso’s Hugues Fabrice Zango (17.15m) and Emanuel Ihemeje (17.13m) of Italy.

Following are the athletes that have qualified for the finals of the Triple Jump event of the World Athletics Championship:

Rank	Nationality	Country
1	Pedro Pichardo	Portugal (POR)
2	Hugues Fabrice Zango	Burkina Faso (BUR)
3	Emmanuel Ihemeje	Italy (ITA)
4	Zhu Yaming	China (CHN)
5	Lázaro Martínez	Cuba (CUB)
6	Jean-Marc Pontvianne	France (FRA)
7	Andrea Dallavalle	Italy (ITA)
8	Donald Scott	United States (USA)
9	Almir dos Santos	Brazil (BRA)
10	Will Claye	United States (USA)
11	Tiago Pereira	Portugal (POR)
12	Eldhose Paul	India (IND)

The final will be held on Sunday, July 24.