Selva Prabhu clinches the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Triple Jump title
He could not breach the 17m mark but leapt 16.92m in the final to top the 24-athlete field and win the title.
Selva Prabhu won the NCAA Outdoor Triple Jump title in Eguene, Oregon. (File Photo)
Indian triple jumper Selva Prabhu bagged the triple jump gold medal at the 2026 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA, on Friday.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Competition is the university based competiton held in the United States, known as one of the most prolific college programs.
The 21-year-old leapt 16.92m in the final to top the 24-athlete field and win the title, becoming the first men's outdoor triple jump champion for his university, Kansas State, since 1986.
Although he struggled to find the board on four ocassions, but his second attempt of 16.92m proved enough to win the gold ahead of Kevin Kemboi's 16.84m.
This is his second medal at the NCAA Nationals this year, following Indoor Nationals in March, where he breached the 17-m mark for the first time to win a silver medal (17.05m).
This is also India’s first NCAA Outdoor title in four years, since Tejaswin Shankar’s high jump gold in 2022. Shankar had previously won the title in 2018 as well.
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