Bhairabi Roy overcame a venue-related confusion to say the ladies’s triple jump title whereas National document holder pole vaulter Dev Meena completed a disappointing third on the rain-battered opening day of the National Open athletics championships on the Birsa Munda Stadium, Morabadi, right here on Saturday.
Following her private better of 13.39 within the inter-Railway meet three weeks in the past, the 30-year-old Bhairabi, who shifted her coaching base from Kolkata to Mumbai two months again after fighting a hamstring damage final 12 months, returned 13.10m on her fifth try and beat Poorva Sawant by 5 centimetres.
“I could have done better. I reached another venue bearing the same name, travelled nine kilometre amid heavy traffic and barely managed to report for the competition. I could not warm up and the track also became slow due to rain,” stated Bhairabi, who’s anticipating one other medal in lengthy jump.
In the boys’s pole vault, the athletes struggled as they might not see the field and bar correctly because of poor lighting. Rain additionally posed issues because the competitors was stopped halfway.
The top-four finishers cleared 5.10m after a number of failed makes an attempt.
M. Gowtham took the gold, adopted by Rambeer, Meena and former National document holder Siva S. World University Games silver medallist Seema beat 18-year-old Sanjana Singh within the remaining lap to take the ladies’s 5,000m gold with 16:01.27s. Nevertheless, it was a satisfying efficiency for Sanjana, who achieved her private better of 16:03.23.
Manikanta Hoblidhar equalled his 2023 meet document time, 10.23s, within the 100m semifinals and emerged because the quickest among the many males thus far.
The outcomes: Finals (winners solely): Men: 5000m: Prince Kumar (AIP) 14:06.57s; Pole vault: M. Gowtham 5.10m.
Women: 5000m: Seema (HP) 16:01.27s; Triple jump: Bhairabi Roy (Rlys) 13.10m; Discus: Seema (Har) 55.26m.
