India, Sept. 26 -- Praveen Chithravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan will be in action in the men's triple jump final at the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday, with both Indian athletes looking to finish on the podium in Aichi-Nagoya as it remains a medal event.

Chithravel enters the competition as India's national record holder in the event. His personal best of 17.37m, set in 2023, is the Indian record. He also produced a 17.08m effort at the 2026 National Senior Athletics Federation competition in Ranchi, which was his season's best at the time and took him beyond the Commonwealth Games qualification standard.

The 25-year-old also won the men's triple jump at the 65th Indian Championships in Bhubaneswar in June with a 16.92m effort, ahead of Ka...