Sharuk Khan narrowly missed the meet record of Avinash Sable (8:29.80) in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase set in 2018 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Spotlight was Ankita as she broke a decade old meet record in women’s 3000m steeplechase on the final day of the 65th National Open Athletics Championships at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Jishnu Prasad representing All India Police also improved the meet record in the men’s 200m. Prasad clocked 20.62 seconds to win gold and improve the previous meet record of 20.66 seconds in the name of B Nitin set in Bengaluru in 2024.
Ankita’s gold winning time of 9:34.86 seconds was better than Lalita Babar’s meet record of 9:39.83 set in 2015 in Kolkata. It was start to finish for Ankita, representing Railway in the competition. “I could have clocked better time. But there was no one to challenge me in the race today,” Ankita said in post-race interaction. The national record of Parul Chaudhary in women’s 3000m steeplechase is 9:08.67.
Earlier in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase, Sharuk Khan narrowly missed the meet record of Avinash Sable (8:29.80) set in 2018 in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Khan was satisfied with his performance. “I will take a short break and prepare for the challenging 2027 season,” the promising steeplechase runner said.
In the women’s high jump three athletes were awarded bronze medals.
Results:
Men:
200m: Jishnu Prasad (All India Police) 20.62 seconds (meet record), Abhin Devadiga (Railway) 20.91 seconds, Adesh Garsa (Rajasthan) 20.96 seconds.
800m: Mogali V (Andhra Pradesh) 1:47.01, Aman Kumar (SSCB) 1:47.33, Anant Gautam (Delhi) 1:48.03.
400m hurdles: Murad Sirman (SSCB) 49.86 seconds, Shakti Singh (SSCB) 50.13 seconds, Aryan Prajwal (Karnataka) 50.38 seconds.
3000m steeplechase: Sharuk Khan (Railway) 8:30.54, Prince Raj Mishra (Railway) 8:31.38, Sumit Rathee (ONGC) 8:36.17.
Long jump: Mohd Sazid (SSCB) 7.99m, Sarun Payasingh (Odisha) 7.79m, Sunny (Bihar) 7.65m.
Javelin throw: Aditya (Haryana) 79.40m, Anand Singh (SSCB) 77.77m, Arshdeep Singh (Railway) 77.56m.
42km marathon race walk: Sandeep Kumar (Haryana) 3:19.52.00, Vishvendra Singh (Madhya Pradesh) 3:21:11.00, Resham Midhun (SSCB) 3:22:46.00.
4x400m relay: Railway 3:06.36 seconds, SSCB 3:06.59 seconds, Tamil Nadu 3:08.29 seconds.
Women:
200m: Priyanka Sikarwar (All India Police) 23.68 seconds, Parthipa Selvaraj (Tamil Nadu) 24.09 seconds, Samriti Jamwal (Himachal Pradesh) 24.14 seconds.
400m hurdles: Sinchal (Railway) 58.40 seconds, Harshitha R (Tamil Nadu) 59.51 seconds, Deekshita (Karnataka) 59.57 seconds.
3,000m steeplechase: Ankita (Railway) 9:34.86, Mori Vandana (Gujarat) 10:00.02 secs, Komal Jagadale (Railway) 10:05.34 secs.
High jump: Reet Rathor (Uttar Pradesh) 1.78m, Abhinaya Shetty (Karnataka) 1.73m, Pallavi Patil (Karnataka) 1.73m, Mansi (Railway) 1.73m, Kevinna Annavi (Tamil Nadu) 1.73m.
Heptathlon: Pooja (Railway) 5468 points, Anamika KA (Railway) 5334 points, Mubassina Mohammed (ONGC) 5265 points.
4x400m relay: Railway 3:38.40 seconds, Haryana 3:40.29 seconds, Tamil Nadu 3:43.99 seconds.
42km marathon race walk: Ramandeep Kaur (Railway) 3:59:23.00, Sonal Sukhwal (Rajasthan) 4:16:06.00, Deepika Sharma (Rajasthan) 4:22:55.00.
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