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The Hindu
2 days ago
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- The Hindu
Sreeshankar finishes top at Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto 2025 with best jump of 7.75m
Murali Sreeshankar finished first at the Meeting Maia Cidade do Desporto 2025, a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze level meet (cat C), on Saturday. Sreeshankar's best attempt of 7.75m came in the second round. He started with a 7.63m and after his best jump in the second round, followed with jumps of 7.69m, a foul attempt, 6.12m and 7.58m. Poland's Piotr Tarkowski and Australia's Chris Mitrevski finished second and third, respectively. ALSO READ: London Diamond League - Lyles finishes second behind Seville in men's 100m; Alfred wins women's 200m Sreeshankar was out of action for a long period of time after suffering a knee injury, which forced him to miss the Paris Olympics 2024. After 650 days out of action, Sreeshankar returned to action at the Indian Open Athletics in Pune on July 12, where he finished first with an attempt of 8.05m. Now, Sreeshankar's primary aim would be to qualify for the World Championships later this year in Tokyo and keep himself in the mix for next year's Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. Related Topics Murali Sreeshankar
Time of India
2 days ago
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- Time of India
Pahal makes confident comeback at Indian Open Athletics in Patna
Kiran Pahal made a successful return to competition at the Indian Open Athletics at Patliputra Sports Complex winning her 400m heats at ease as Bihar's Shatakshi Rai was the overall winner in the women's 100m in Kanker Bagh, Patna, on Saturday. Competing for the first time since the Paris Olympics, Pahal ran 54.93 seconds to not only come first in her race but also emerge the overall winner. Shivkanya Mukati (55.29s) and Nofisa Khatun (55.42s) finished second and third respectively. It was nowhere near Pahal's personal best of 50.92 seconds but she was more than relieved with the fact she did not feel any pain during the race. "I was worried about how my body would react because my doctors had told me that exerting too much force can cause an injury again," said Pahal, who had a third grade meniscus tear on her right knee post the Paris Games. "But the good thing is I did not feel any pain and will work on increasing the strength on my hamstring, knees, calves and quads in the coming days. Also, I will try to compete in as many events as possible to make sure the fear of injury is completely gone." Pahal has also been struggling to take care of her mother, whose health has deteriorated over the years following an accident a long time back. "It was right after I joined camp in May that my mother's health worsened. She suffers from severe back pain that radiates down to her legs, and I have to take her for treatment twice a week. She is doing better now, but I will need to continue the treatment for a few more months," added the 24-year-old, who lost her father three years back. Meanwhile, Bihar's Piyush Raj and Setu Mishra finished second and third in the men's 400m with timings of 47.73s and 47.84s respectively as Brajesh Singh of MP grabbed the top spot as he crossed the finish line in 47.68s. In other major results, Odisha's Srabani Nanda won her 100m heat with a time of 12.05 seconds. However, it was Bihar's Shatakshi who was the overall winner after she won Race A with a time of 12.04 seconds. It was quite a good run from Shatakshi, who has PB of 11.91 seconds achieved during the Indian Grand Prix 2 held at Trivandrum in May, to bag the top spot. The overall third place went jointly to Prakruthi Roopa Rao and Teena Pareek — both of whom ran 12.11 seconds. In the men's 100m, it was Yernena Balavardhan of Chhattisgarh who was the overall winner with a timing of 10.66 seconds. Odisha's Abhinash Sahu and Amiya Kumar Mallick were second and third respectively with timings of 10.71s and 10.76s. In another major result for the hosts, Nitu Kumari came second in 1500m with a time of 4:39.16 just behind Odisha's Laxmipriya Kisan, who ran 4:37.90. Mahima Choudhary of Rajasthan was third with a time of 4:57.39. Kritika Kumari also came second in women's discus with a throw of 41.40m behind MP's Amera Shah 47.77m.
Time of India
3 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Olympian Pahal set to return from injury at Indian Open Athletics in Patna
Kiran Pahal will be one of the major attractions at Indian Open Athletics meet to be held at Patliputra Sports Complex in Kanker Bagh, Patna, on Saturday. Pahal, who competed at Paris Olympics and currently holds second-best timing by an Indian woman in 400m, will be making a comeback from injury and running for the first time since Paris Games. Speaking ahead of the event, Pahal, a resident of Rohtak, Haryana, said, "After coming back from Paris, as I started training following a break, I felt a pain in my knee. At first I thought it would go away but once I did an MRI in March, I was told I had a third grade meniscus tear. As a result I had to undergo surgery and was under rehabilitation for a couple of months." Naturally it's going to be challenging for the 24-year-old but Pahal said she will be looking to give her best. Her PB at the moment is 50.92 seconds which she achieved during Indian Championships at Tau Devi Lal Stadium in Panchkula last year that helped her make it to the Olympics. It's only slower than Hima Das's NR of 50.79 seconds that she had achieved at 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta. Besides Pahal, another big name to compete at the meet will be Odisha's Srabani Nanda, who was part of the 4x100m relay team that won silver at Asian Athletics early this year and will be competing in the 100m. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like An engineer reveals: One simple trick to get internet without a subscription Techno Mag Learn More Undo It was her first international meet after almost three years, having last competed in 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games. Amiya Kumar Mallick, another senior athlete from Odisha and a former 100m national record holder, will also be part of the competition. The big names aside, a total of 390 athletes will be taking part in the event of which 23 are from Bihar. Meanwhile, speaking during a press conference ahead of the event Raveendran Sankaran, director general cum CEO of Bihar State Sports Authority (BSSA), said, "Very soon, an international level athletics track will be built at Patliputra Sports Complex, like the one used in Paris Olympics. This will make this complex suitable for organizing national and international level athletics competitions." The Sports Complex has already hosted several important events like the 4th Indian Open Under-23 Athletics Meet in 2024, 20th National Youth Athletics Championships and Khelo India Youth Games this year. The state has been giving a lot of importance recently and after hosting Asian Champions Trophy for women last year, it will also host the men's Asia Cup from Aug 27 to Sept 7. Besides India, seven more teams will take part in the event and the winner will earn a spot at World Cup next year.
New Indian Express
5 days ago
- Sport
- New Indian Express
One-day Indian Open Athletics meet extended by a day due to more participants
CHENNAI: In a rare first, the Athletics Federation of India has extended a competition by a day. The AFI in a circular informed all athletes and officials that the Indian Open Athletics meet that was schedule to be held for a day on July 27 has been extended to the next day. The number of participants had reached 900. The AFI has also made it mandatory for athletes to qualify for senior inter-state meet in events organised directly by the AFI. "The Indian Open Athletics Meet which was scheduled to be held at Sangrur on 27th July 2025, will now be held on 27th and 28th July 2025 at Sangrur," said the circular on Wednesday. Sangrur has already held a Indian OPen earlier this year on April 1. "The meet has been extended for one day because of more number of entries crossing almost 900 Athletes. The programme will be shortly put on the AFI website. The Athletes are advised to book their travel and accommodation accordingly." Interestingly, earlier this year there had been lukewarm response by athletes for domestic competition and for Indian Open Athletics. The AFI was forced to bring out a circular making it mandatory for athletes to compete in at least two domestic meet to be eligible to compete in at least two Indian GP or Open athletics to be eligible to compete at Federation cup athletics. Indian Open athletics have been held at Nadiad, Ranchi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Pune. Patna will host the seventh on July 19, before Sangrur hosts the last one on July 27-28. For the National Inter-State Senior Championships to be held in Chennai from August 20 to 24, the AFI has made it mandatory for the athletes to meet the entry standards set by it and achieved in events directly organised by the federation between May 1 and August 10. The athletes are also required to participate in respective state meets organized by recognised units and another event organised by the AFI -- Indian Open Athletics Meeting or Grand Prix.
The Hindu
09-07-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Indian Open Athletics to be held in Pune on July 12
The Indian Open Athletics will be organised by the Maharashtra Athletics Association here on Saturday and will feature around 350 athletes from across the country. Maharashtra will have the largest representation in the one-day even featuring 95 athletes whereas Army will have the second largest with 28 participants. Apart from featuring athletes from several states, there also will be teams from the Indian Army, CISF, IOCL, JSW, Indian Navy, NCOE Bangalore, NCOE Trivandrum, ONGC, Police Sports Control Board, Railway Sports, Reliance, and SSCB. ALSO READ | Shot Putter Jasmine Kaur provisionally suspended by NADA The top athletes in the competition include TK Vishal, who finished fourth in 400m and won the gold medal in mixed relay and silver in 4x400m relay at the Asian Championships in Gumi in South Korea. Jay Kumar (400m), who won the silver in 4x400m relay in Gumi, Krishan Kumar (800m) who won the silver medal in Asian Championships in 2023 as well as this year's Asian Championships' bronze medallist in 1500m, Yoonus Shah will also be among the competitors. National Games champion Ruchit Mori (400m hurdles) and bronze medal winner in 110m Muhammed Lazan will also be present at the meet here at the Savitribai Phule University. 'As per the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) guidelines, participation in at least one Indian Open Athletics Competition or Indian Grand Prix is mandatory for athletes to be eligible for the forthcoming National Senior Inter-State Athletics Championships,' the organisers said in a release. 'The event was originally scheduled to be organised by the ASI, which later withdrew. The responsibility was then taken up by the Maharashtra Athletics Association, which has worked tirelessly to prepare for the event in a short span of three months,' they added.
