Indian Open Continental Bronze: Annu Rani wins javelin gold, Murali Sreeshankar wins long jump title - Highlights

The experienced Indian set a new season best of 8.13m on his final attempt to pip the youngster Shahnawaz Khan and clinch the men's long jump title.

Medalists:

Murali Sreeshankar (IND) - 8.13m

Shahnawaz Khan (IND) - 8.04m

Lokesh Sathyanthan (IND) - 7.85m

Shahnawaz became just the second Indian to cross the 8m this year and also takes the lead in the field ahead of the favourite Murali Sreeshankar.

The Current Leaders at Halfway Stage:

Murali Sreeshankar (IND) - 7.95m

Lokesh Sathyanathan (IND) - 7.85m

Shahnavaz Khan (IND) - 7.67m

Animesh was trailing at the bend against South Korea's Ko Seunghwan, but then a late surge helped him to clinch the title with a good time of 20.74s.

Meanwhile, Ragul Kumar G won the bronze medal with a decent time of 21.17s.

Sri Lanka's Rumesh takes the spotlight with a massive 86.50m, followed by the young Indian Javelin thrower Shivam Lohakare, who made his second 80m+ outing of the year to win the silver medal.

The favourite, Sachin Yadav, could not find his best and finished 5th with a throw of 79.80m.

This result will surely give some good ranking points to Abdulla for the Road to Tokyo Ranking and will further solidify her berth for the World Championships.

Medalists:

Abdulla Aboobacker (IND): 16.53m

Karthik Unnikrishnan(IND): 16.42m  

Gailey Venister (IND): 16.26m

Shaili clinched the women's long jump title, but it will not help her much in the Road to Tokyo Rankings, where she is currently lagging around 60th place with just 36 available spots.

Current Javelin Leaders after 5 rounds:

Rumesh Pathirage (SRI): 86.5m

Shivam Lohakare (IND): 80.73m

Sumedha Ranasinghe (SRI): 80.65 

Rohit Yadav (IND): 80.35m