Triple jumpers Praveen Chitravel, Selva Prabhu clinch silver and bronze

GLASGOW: Indian triple jumpers Praveen Chitravel and Selva Prabhu Thirumaran bagged silver and bronze medal respectively in Glasgow Commonwealth Games here on Saturday.

Asian Games bronze medallist Chitravel bettered the effort in Glasgow with a silver, which he fetched covering a distance of 16.58m.

Compatriot Selva Prabhu was just behind at 16.52m for a bronze -- his first medal of note in international competitions.

Jamaica’s Jordan Scott won the gold medal in the event with a 16.72m jump.

Earlier, India’s Ramesh Shanmugam ended up seventh, clocking a time of 3:23.59 in the men’s T54 1500m final in the para athletics segment.