Manikanta Hoblidhar celebrates after winning the lads’s 100m in the National Open athletics in Ranchi on September 28, 2025.
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Manikanta Hoblidhar bettered his two-year-old meet file as he clocked India’s second-fastest time, 10.19, on his approach to win the lads’s 100m title in the National Open athletics championships on the Birsa Munda Stadium, Morabadi, right here on Sunday.
On a rain-affected day, former National file holder Manikanta, who equalled the meet file (10.23, achieved in Bengaluru) in the semifinals, carried out with consistency and confidence to thwart the problem from second-placed Pranav Gurav (10.31) and third-positioned Harsh Raut (10.38) in a high quality subject. The 24-year-old was 0.01 off Animesh Kujur’s National file.
“I was aiming for 10.10, but the wet track slowed down my pace. My target is to get an individual medal at the 2026 Asian Games,” stated Manikanta, whose earlier private greatest was 10.22.
Two promising athletes, excessive jumper Gobika Ok. and sprinter Abinaya Rajarajan, suffered serious-looking accidents.
High jumper Gobika in ache after struggling a knee damage in the National Open athletics meet in Ranchi on Sunday, September 28, 2025.
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After securing the gold medal with 1.79m, Gobika injured her proper knee whereas making an attempt to enhance upon her efficiency. She was stretchered off whereas screaming in excruciating ache.
Abinaya, who already had a lung situation, managed to complete third (11.67) in the ladies’s 100m behind Sneha S.S. (11.62) and Sudeshna Shivankar (11.64). After the race, Abinaya struggled with a groin situation and was carried off the monitor in extreme ache.
Olympian quarter-miler Rajesh Ramesh beat Santhosh T. with 80m to go and clocked his season greatest 45.75 to take the gold.
In the absence of Tejas Shirse, Manav R. timed 13.97 to defend his gold medal in the lads’s 110m hurdles.
The outcomes: Finals (winners solely): Men: 100m: Manikanta Hoblidhar (SSCB) 10.19 (NMR, Old 10.23, Manikanta, 2023); 400m: Rajesh Ramesh (Rlys) 45.75; 1500m: Sunil Dawar (SSCB) 3:46.27; 110m hurdles: Manav R. (Rlys) 13.97; Discus: Kirpal Singh (ONGC) 56.33m; Decathlon: Usaid (SSCB) 7212.
Women: 100m: Sneha S.S. (Kar) 11.62; 400m: Neeru Pathak (UP) 52.85; 1500m: Lili Das (Rlys) 4:15.59; 100m hurdles: Nandhini Ok. (TN) 13.57; High soar: Gobika Ok. (TN) 1.79m; Shot put: Yogita (Rlys) 16.52m; 4x400m blended relay: Uttar Pradesh (Satish Kumar, Meenu Sahu, Nitin Kumar, Neeru Pathak) 3:23.62.
Published – September 28, 2025 08:42 pm IST
