Athletics
Indian Open Continental Bronze: Annu Rani wins javelin gold, Murali Sreeshankar wins long jump title - Highlights
Catch all the Highlights from the first Indian Open World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level meet in Bhubneshwar.
Top Indian athletes in action at the 1st India Open World Athletics Continental Tour 2025. (File Photo)
The top Indian athletes were geared up for the Nation's first-ever World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze level Meet in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, on Sunday.
India put up a contingent og 90 athletes, who competed against players across 16 nations for 17 coveted titles in an amazing International showdown at the historic Kalinga Stadium.
Top Indian athletes, including Murali Sreeshankar, Sachin Yadav, Animesh Kujur, Annu Rani, and Shaili Singh, competed for gold medals and a spot in the 2025 Tokyo World Championships.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 10 Aug 2025 2:58 PM GMT
Murali Sreeshankar takes long jump title with a huge 8.13m jump on final attempt
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
- 10 Aug 2025 2:32 PM GMT
A massive personal best for Shahnawaz Khan, takes the men's long jump lead with 8.04m
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.
- 10 Aug 2025 2:20 PM GMT
Murali Sreeshankar leads the men's long jump final with a 7.95m jump
The Current Leaders at Halfway Stage:
Murali Sreeshankar (IND) - 7.95m
Lokesh Sathyanathan (IND) - 7.85m
Shahnavaz Khan (IND) - 7.67m
- 10 Aug 2025 2:11 PM GMT
Indian ace Animesh Kujur won the men's 200m gold medal with a time of 20.74s
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.
- 10 Aug 2025 2:08 PM GMT
Shivam Lohakare wins men's javelin throw silver medal with a best of 80.73m
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.
- 10 Aug 2025 1:51 PM GMT
A good outing for Abdulla Aboobacker. Wins triple jump gold with a leap of 16.53m
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
- 10 Aug 2025 1:45 PM GMT
Shaili Singh wins gold in women's long jump with a best of 6.28m
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.
- 10 Aug 2025 1:32 PM GMT
Shivam Lohakare enters the top 2 with a good throw of 80.73m
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
