The 25-year-old Arpinder started off with a foul and then had a jump of 16.58m. His gold medal-winning leap came in the third attempt. In the fourth try, he had a 16.08 and his final two efforts ended in fouls
Jakarta: Arpinder Singh gave India its fourth gold in athletics as he topped the men’s triple jump final at the Asian Games 2018 here on Wednesday.
Arpinder’s jump of 16.77 metres won him gold at GBK Stadium. Uzbekistan’s Ruslan Kurbanov took silver (16.62m) and Shuo Cao of China (16.56) completed the top-three standings in the final.
Another Indian in the 14-man field, Rakesh Babu, finished sixth.
The 25-year-old Arpinder started off with a foul and then had a jump of 16.58m. His gold medal-winning leap came in the third attempt. In the fourth try, he had a 16.08 and his final two efforts ended in fouls.
Tajinderpal Singh (shot put), Neeraj Chopra (javelin throw), Manjit Singh (men’s 800m) and Arpinder have been India’s golden men in athletics in current Asiad.
Overall, India has won 10 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze.
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