Tharanga wins with 86.50m, Annu tops javelin tops at Continental Tour
Egged on by enthusiastic Sunday crowd, the 22 years old Rumesh Tharanga from Sri Lanka walked away with the honour, winning first position with a distance of 86.50m to better the World Athletics automatic qualification mark of 85.50m.
Tharanga's previous best of 85.45m was recorded in 2024 while his season best was 85.41m.
India's 20-year-old Shivam Lohakare fought bravely to deny Sri Lankan team 1-2 as he finished second with 80.73m.
Sri Lanka's Sumedha J Ranasinghe settled for third spot with 80.65m.
More experienced throwers like Rohit Yadav (80.35m), Sachin Yadav (79.80m) and Yashvir Singh (78.53m) finished fourth, fifth and sixth in that order.
Earlier at the start of the meet, India's experienced female javelin thrower— Annu Rani continued to carry her good form to record 62.01m.
After a moderate start, the 32 years old Asian Games champion picked up steam in her fourth attempt, which turned out to be a winning throw.
Annu said that back-to-back plus 62m throws within a week has added to her confidence. 'A steady performance ahead of the World Athletics Championships in September gives me immense satisfaction that I've crossed the 60m mark today,' Annu said in a post event interaction.
At the long jump arena, Murali Sreeshankar improved his season best with a jump of 8.13m. He won first position.
Results:
Men
100m: Muhammad Azeem Bin (Malaysia) 10.35 seconds, Chamod M Yodhasing (Sri Lanka) 10.43 seconds, Danish Iftikhar (Malaysia) 10.50 seconds.
200m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha—IND) 20.77 seconds, KO Seunghwan (Korea) 20.95 seconds, Raguk Kumar G (Tamil Nadu—IND) 21.17 seconds.
400m: Vishal TK (NCOE Trivandrum-IND) 45.72 seconds, Amoj Jacob (NCOE Trivandrum-IND) 45.86 seconds, Santhosh Kumar T (Tamil Nadu-IND) 46.89 seconds.
800m: Mohammad Afsal (Air Force—IND) 1:46.60 seconds, Prakash Gadade (Maharashtra—IND) 1:47.14, Krishan Kumar (Haryana--IND) 1:48.00.
5000m: Waberi Igueh Houssein (Djibouti) 14:05.36, Abhishek Pal (Railway—IND) 14:10.60, Sawan Barwal (Army—IND) 14:13.41.
Triple jump: Abdulla Aboobacker (Air Force—IND) 16.53m, Karthik Unnikrishnan (Air Force—IND) 16.42m, Gailey V (Tamil Nadu—IND) 16.26m.
Long jump: Murali Sreeshankar (JSW—IND) 8.13m, Shahnavaz Khan (Uttar Pradesh—IND) 8.04m, Lokesh Sathyanathan (Karnataka—IND) 7.85m.
Javelin throw: Rumesh Tharanga P (Sri Lanka) 86.50m, Shivam Lohakare (Maharashtra—IND) 80.73m, Sumedha J Ranasinghe (Sri Lanka) 80.65m.
4x400m relay: Sri Lanka 3:0.22 seconds, India A (Santhosh Kumar T, Vishal TK, Amoj Jacob D Choudhary), 3:08.37 seconds, Iraq 3:08.74 seconds.
Women
100m: Abinaya Rajarajan (NCOE Trivandrum—IND) 11.57 seconds, Sneha SS (Karnataka—IND) 11.70 seconds, Nithya Gandhe (Telangana—IND) 11.70 seconds
200m: Angel Silvia M (NCOE Bengaluru--IND) 23.95 seconds, Nithya Gandhe (Telangana—IND) 24.11 seconds, Unnathi Aiyappa (Karnataka—IND) 24.56 seconds.
400m: Vijaykumari GK (Karnataka—IND), 53.40 seconds, Devyaniba Zala (Gujarat-IND) 53.87 seconds, Louise Evans (Great Britain) 54.28 seconds.
800m: Amandeep Kaur (Punjab—IND) 2:04.31 seconds, Huidrom B (IOCL—IND) 2:06.96 seconds, Thota Sankeertana (Chhattisgarh—IND) 2:07.17 seconds.
1500m: Pooja (Haryana—IND) 4:15.13 seconds, Lili Das (Uttar Pradesh—IND) 4:17.66, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab—IND) 4:27.14.
100m hurdles: Pragyan Prashanti Sahu (Odisha—IND) 13.74 seconds, Nandhini K (Tamil Nadu—IND) 13.80 seconds, Anjali C (Kerala—IND) 14.00 seconds.
Javelin throw: Annu Rani (Uttar Pradesh—IND), 62.01m, Hatarabag Lekamalage (Sri Lanka) 56.27m, Deepika (Haryana—IND) 54.20m
Long jump: Shaili Singh (Uttar Pradesh—IND) 6.28m, Bhavani Yadav (Railway—IND) 6.13m, Sandra Babu (JSW—IND) 6.10m.
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