Athletics
Taiwan Athletics Open: Pooja, Annu Rani win gold, Shaili pips Ancy to win silver - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the last day of the Taiwan Open Athletics event in Chinese Taipei on Sunday.
Top Indian track and field athletes to compete at the Taiwan Open Athletics 2025. (File Photo)
Fourteen Indian athletes participated in the final day of the World Athletics Continental Bronze event, the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025, in Chinese Taipei on Sunday.
Ancy Sojan and Shaili Singh led the day for India in women's long jump, followed by national record holder Annu Rani in the women's javelin throw final.
Meanwhile, Rohit Yadav was the only Indian male player in the field events on the second day as he competed in the men's javelin final.
In the track, the men's and women's 400m hurdles and 800m events took place, whereas the men's 4*400m relay team won the gold medal.
As it happened:
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- 8 Jun 2025 8:42 AM GMT
A slow start for Rohit Yadav as he attains a distance of 71.46m on his first attempt
He is currently second in the standings behind Chinese Taipei's Huang Shih-Feng, who had a throw of 74.04m
- 8 Jun 2025 8:20 AM GMT
Up Next: - Men's Javelin Throw Final at 2:00 PM IST
India's Rohit Yadav will be the lone Indian competitor in the final, and he will be the favourite to win the gold medal.
However, his target will be to not only win the gold medal but also cross the 80m mark and earn some good ranking points for the World Championships Qualification.
Here is the start list:
Wachirawit Sornwichai (THA)
Weng Chon (MAC)
Chiu Shao-En (TPE)
Chu Hsiang Yu (TPE)
Wang Tzu-Yuan (TPE)
Wai Hei Hui (HKG)
Wu Ping-Shen (TPE)
Hsiao Huan-Lin (TPE)
Huang Chao-Hong (TPE)
Cheng Chao-Tsun (TPE)
Huang Shih-Feng (TPE)
Rohit Yadav (IND)
- 8 Jun 2025 8:06 AM GMT
Mohammed Afsal P joins Krishan in the men's 800m final with a win in heat 4
He has a comparatively slower time (1:56.71s), but it was enough for him to reach the final.
- 8 Jun 2025 8:03 AM GMT
Krishan Kumar wins the heat and qualifies for the final
He clocked an unofficial time of 1:53.14s and now has the best time among the three heats, followed by Australia's Hamis Donohue (1:53.22s)
- 8 Jun 2025 7:59 AM GMT
Krishan Kumar enters the field in the heat-3 of the men's 800m Preliminary round
Only the winner of the heat will earn a direct spot for the final.
- 8 Jun 2025 7:42 AM GMT
Twinkle Chaudhary also advances to the final by winning Heat 2
She clocks a decent time of 2:16.85s to finish the preliminary round on the top place.
- 8 Jun 2025 7:35 AM GMT
Pooja advances to the women's 800m final in a comparatively slow race
She leads the race from the start and maintains that throughout to comfortably qualify for the final with a time of 2:18.74s.
- 8 Jun 2025 7:16 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 800m Heats - Twinkle Chaudhary and Pooja at 1:00 PM IST
Pooja, who won a 1500m gold yesterday, will return for a double when she takes part in the women's 800m preliminary round.
This is the first event in Taiwan, where India has two representatives in a single event as Twinkle Chaudhary is also taking part in the women's 800m heats.
- 8 Jun 2025 7:08 AM GMT
Watch: Yashas Palaksha makes a good start to his 2025 international circuit!
Yashas could not breach the 50s barrier in the heats, but still it was enough for him to reach the final, finishing the preliminary round in third place behind the two Japanese hurdlers.
