Ostrava: Arpinder Singh created history by becoming the first Indian to win a medal at the IAAF Continental Cup being held in Ostrava, Czech Republic. Competing in the triple jump event, Arpinder bagged the bronze medal with a finish of 16.59 metres behind Christian Taylor (17.59m) and Hugues Fabrice Zango (17.02m) who won the gold and silver medals respectively. Arpinder came into the event having won the gold medal at Asian Games in Indonesia. His gold finish ended India’s 48-year wait for the medal at the Asian Games.
Arpinder started with his medal winning jump of 16.59 before posting jumps of 16.45m, 16.06m and 16.33m. He didn’t go for the fifth jump with a better position already out of the way. The difference between the third and fourth varied by just 0.01 metres with Nelson Evora of Portugal posting 16.58 metres.
