Commonwealth Games 2022 | Eldhose Paul wins historic gold, Aboobacker claims silver in men's triple jump
The Hindu
It was first ever gold medal for India in the triple jump event.
Eldhose Paul won the historic gold for India at the men's triple jump at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham on August 7, 2022.
He won the gold medal with a jump of 17.03m and he left everyone in awe with his stunning jump.
It was first ever gold medal for India in the triple jump event.
Abdulla Aboobacker won the silver medal in the men's triple jump to make 1 and 2 for India.
He has worn India’s blues, albeit in an Under-19 World Cup, with K.L. Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Harshal Patel and Jaydev Unadkat as his teammates. He has proudly adorned the Lion’s Crest — the famed Mumbai cricket logo — in all three formats. He has played with Yuvraj Singh, against Virat Kohli and Rahul Dravid and has the likes of Rahul and Joe Root in his illustrious list of dismissals. He is also a software developer for an IT giant, based in California. Virtually every middle-class Indian over the last three decades at some stage dreams of being either a cricketer or an IT professional. Saurabh Netravalkar has been combining two dreams, even after relocating to USA to pursue academics at the prestigious Cornell University in 2015.