Risbah cornered glory with a private finest mark.
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Rishab Nehra sprung a surprise to file his private better of 80.12m and declare the lads’s javelin crown in a aggressive discipline on the concluding day of the National Open athletics championships on the Birsa Munda Stadium, Morabadi, on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Rishab, who had a earlier better of 77.38m in 2022 and a season better of 72.29m, managed 72.26m and 76.19m in his first two makes an attempt earlier than hurling the spear excessive and much to hitch the elite 80m membership. It helped him go previous chief Shivam Lohakare’s 76.58m and nook glory.
“The feel was good in the first two throws, so my coach asked me to push in the third and it worked,” stated Nehra.
The promising Lohakare, nursing dodgy and painful ankles, registered 77.65m in his third effort to take the bronze behind Uttam Patil (78.01m).
Yashvir Singh (77.66m), who participated in the Tokyo World championships, and Sahil Silwal (76.94m) completed fourth and fifth respectively.
Asian bronze medallist Pooja Olla, who marked her private finest (2:01.03) in Tokyo, comfortably gained the ladies’s 800m gold with 2:03.16 regardless of a late problem from Lili Das (2:04.15).
Ankita Dhyani, one other Worlds participant, ran a lonely race to the ladies’s 3,000m steeplechase title (10:01.74).
Ok.A. Anamika (5629) achieved a private finest to win her maiden heptathlon gold. Manikanta Hoblidhar (100m) and Pooja (800m) had been adjudged the very best athletes in males’s and girls’s sections, respectively.
The Railways males, comprising Kaven S.Ok., Theerthesh Shetty, Vikrant Panchal and Rajesh Ramesh, set a new meet file (3:06.35) in 4x400m relay.
The outcomes: (winners solely): Men: 200m: Sandeep Singh (SSCB) 20.95; 800m: Prakash Gadade (SSCB) 1:50.01; 10,000m: Prince Kumar (AIP) 30:25.15; 400m hurdles: Ruchit Mori (Guj) 50.47; 3,000m steeplechase: Vikram Singh (SSCB) 8:38.91; 4x400m relay: Railways 3:06.35 (NMR, Old 3:06.63, Services, 2015); Triple leap: Dinesh V. (TN) 16.27m; Javelin: Rishab Nehra (UP) 80.12m.
Women: 200m: Sakshi Chavan (Guj) 23.78; 800m: Pooja (Rlys) 2:03.16; 400m hurdles: Olimba Steffi (Rlys) 58.93; 10,000m: Ravina Gayakwad (Mah) 35:30.16; 3,000m steeplechase: Ankita Dhyani (Rlys) 10:01.74; 4x400m relay: Railways 3:39.28; Long leap: Bhavani Yadav Bhagav (Rlys) 6.13m; Hammer: Tanya Chaudhary (UP) 60.83m; Heptathlon: Ok.A. Anamika 5629.
Team championships: Men: Services; Women: Railways; Overall: Railways.
Published – September 30, 2025 10:24 pm IST
