Athletics
Indian Open Athletics Meet Pune: Murali Sreeshankar secures long jump gold on his comeback with 8.05m - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the Indian Open Athletics Meet in Pune on Saturday.
Murali Sreeshankar in action at the Indian Open Athletics Meet in Pune. (File Photo)
A few of the top Indian athletes were returning to the competitive field after a long time at the Indian Open Athletics Meet at the Savitribai Phule Pune University Sports Complex on Saturday.
The biggest name of the competition was long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, who was returning to the competitive field for the first time since his heartbreaking injury just before the Paris Olympics.
The Indian lead in the women's 400m, Aishwarya Mishra, also returned to the competition for the first time after her fabulous 51.12s run at the National Games in February 2025, chasing the World Championships qualification mark.
On the other hand, the young 20-year-old Shivam Lokhare wins the men's javelin throw gold medal, ahead of favourite Vikrant Malik, with his first ever 80m plus throw.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 12 July 2025 12:30 PM GMT
20-year-old Shivam Lokhare clinched the men's javelin gold medal with 80.95m
He clinched the title by bettering his personal best by almost 4 meters and breaching the 80m mark for the first time in his career.
Men's Javelin Throw Medalists:
Shivam Lokhare - 80.95m
Shashank Patil - 74.37m
Anand Singh - 73.50m
- 12 July 2025 12:15 PM GMT
Murali Sreeshankar has won the men's long jump gold medal with his best of 8.05m
Despite having a headwind of 1.9m/s, Murali had a brilliant leap of 8.05m and became the first Indian to cross the 8m mark this year in men's long jump.
Murali, playing in a tournament after almost 2 years, showed no glimpse of his injury concerns and started from where he left off to clinch the title in his first tournament of the year.
- 12 July 2025 11:50 AM GMT
Sarvesh Kushare continues his dominance in domestic circuit to win the high jump gold
He jumped to a height of 2.20m to clinch the title. This is now the fourth time Sarvesh has cleared the 2.20m mark this year, but he still might need a better performance to qualify for the world championships.
Medalists:
Gold - Sarvesh Kushare - 2.20m
Silver - Dhairyshil Dhanaji - 2.10m
Silver - Swadhin Kumar Majhi - 2.10m
- 12 July 2025 11:24 AM GMT
A brilliant PB for Shivam Lokhare, touching the 80m mark for the first time
He attained a distance of 80.95m on his final attempt.
- 12 July 2025 11:05 AM GMT
Murali crosses the 8m mark, becomes first Indian long jumper to do so in 2025
He touched an 8.05 metres on his fourth attempt to further extend his lead in the competitive field.
With just two months to go for the world championships, Murali might be aiming to make a late entry to the Indian squad for the event by breaching the qualifying mark of 8.27m
- 12 July 2025 10:54 AM GMT
Aishwarya Mishra wins the women's 400m race with a time of 54.25s
Medalists:
Aishwarya Mishra - 54.25s
Sonia Baishya - 54.61s
Poovamma Raju - 55.23s
- 12 July 2025 10:39 AM GMT
Murali Sreeshankar takes the Indian lead with an impressive jump of 7.99m
Murali had an impressive outing on his comeback, having all three valid jumps, having a 7.8m+ leap in each of three attempts.
Murali so far
1st Jump: 7.84m
2nd Jump: 7.99m
3rd Jump: 7.84m
- 12 July 2025 10:25 AM GMT
Vishal TK, with another superb performance, wins the men's 400m gold medal
Another impressive timing of 46.02s from Vishal TK to clinch the 400m men's title ahead of experienced Amoj Jacob.
This will give some good ranking points to Vishal, which will improve his race to Tokyo rankings.
Medalists:
Vishal TK - 46.02s
Amoj Jacob - 46.59s
JayKumar - 46.76s
- 12 July 2025 10:13 AM GMT
A brilliant season best time for Amoj Jacob to win the heat-3 of men's 400m
Amoj clocked a sub-47s time (46.59s) to go on top of the standings after heat 3.
Current Leaders:
Amoj Jacob - 46.59s
Santosh Kumar T - 46.84s
A Suraj - 47.05s
