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Karthik saves best for last to clinch triple jump gold

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August 23, 2025

THE rain-hit men's triple jump final saw an unlikely winner in Karthik Unnikrishnan of Kerala.

- CHANDRA PRABHU @Chennai

His 16.44m leap earned him gold in the evening session on Day 3 of the 64th Senior National Inter-state Athletics Championship in the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here on Friday.

The crowd which had gathered near the jump pits had not expected Karthik to pull off a surprise as he eclipsed both Abdulla Aboobacker and Praveen Chithravel in the final.

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