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Indian Open Highlights: Annu dominates women's javelin throw, Kujur recovers from 100m setback to win 200m gold
Annu Rani and Animesh Kujur were among the standout performers at the Indian Open World Athletics Bronze meet that took place in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, 10 August. Image: AP/PTI
Annu Rani and Animesh Kujur were among the standout performers in the 2025 Indian Open, the World Athletics bronze meet that took place in Bhubaneswar on Sunday, shining in women's javelin and men's 200m respectively. Murali Sreeshankar, meanwhile, staved off tough competition to win gold in the men's long jump event in his final attempt.
Annu only one to cross 60m in women's javelin throw
Annu thoroughly dominated the women's javelin throw, crossing the 60-metre mark twice on Sunday at the Kalinga Stadium, which was nearly packed for the event, clinching gold with a best throw of 62.01 metres. None of her rivals came close, with Sri Lanka's NDL Hatarabag collecting silver with a best effort of 56.27m and Deepika winning bronze with 54.20m.
As for men's javelin throw, Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage took home the gold medal with his opening throw of 86.50m, which not only is a new Sri Lankan national record but also helped him achieve the qualification mark of 85.50m for the upcoming World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
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India's Shivam Lohakare collected silver with a best effort of 80.73m, finishing marginally ahead of Pathirage's compatriot Sumedha J Ranasinghe (80.65m).
As for men's long jump, Sreeshankar was the standout athlete with a best leap of 8.13m in his final attempt. Uttar Pradesh's Shahnawaz Khan gave Sreeshankar, who was part of the Indian contingent at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, tough competition as he finished second with a best leap of 8.04m. Khan was the only one to cross the 8-metre mark until Sreeshankar's final attempt denied him gold.
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Kujur recovers from setback to win 200m gold
Kujur, who had made headlines by finishing fourth in the U-23 200m event at the Monaco Diamond League recently, overcame a setback in the men's 100m race to win gold in 200m.
National record holder Kujur was marked Did Not Finish (DNF) in the 100m heats, with Malaysia's Muhammad Azeem Fahimi going on to win the signature event with a timing of 10.35 seconds – ahead of Sri Lanka's Chamod Yodhasingh (10.43s) and compatriot Danish Iftikhar (10.50s).
Kujur bounced back in the 200m race, where he won gold with an impressive timing of 20.77 seconds, ahead of South Korea's Ko Seunghwan (20.95s) and India's Raguk Kumar G (21.17s).
'It's the first time I've seen such a crowd for athletics here, and it did add a bit of pressure. I knew I had to deliver for them,' Kujur was quoted by RevSportz as saying after the race.
At the inaugural Indian Open #WorldAthletics Continental Tour Bronze Level meet, our athletes lit up the track and field with stellar performances across events.
Here's how they performed. Take a look👇🏻
TOPS athlete Vishal T K : 1st in Men's 400m, clocking 45.72s & completing… pic.twitter.com/A3LrcQ9CIE — SAI Media (@Media_SAI) August 11, 2025
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Full list of results at the 2025 Indian Open in Bhubaneshwar
Men
100m: Muhammad Azeem Bin (Malaysia) – 10.35s; Chamod M Yodhasing (Sri Lanka) – 10.43s; Danish Iftikhar (Malaysia) – 10.50s
200m: Animesh Kujur (Odisha, IND) – 20.77s; Ko Seunghwan (Korea) – 20.95s; Raguk Kumar G (Tamil Nadu, IND) – 21.17s
400m: Vishal TK (NCOE Trivandrum, IND) – 45.72s; Amoj Jacob (NCOE Trivandrum, IND) – 45.86s; Santhosh Kumar T (Tamil Nadu, IND) – 46.89s
800m: Mohammad Afsal (Air Force, IND) – 1:46.60; 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
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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 – 3:00.22; India A (Santhosh Kumar T, Vishal TK, Amoj Jacob, D Choudhary) – 3:08.37; Iraq – 3:08.74
Women
100m: Abinaya Rajarajan (NCOE Trivandrum, IND) – 11.57s; Sneha SS (Karnataka, IND) – 11.70s; Nithya Gandhe (Telangana, IND) – 11.70s
200m: Angel Silvia M (NCOE Bengaluru, IND) – 23.95s; Nithya Gandhe (Telangana, IND) – 24.11s; Unnathi Aiyappa (Karnataka, IND) – 24.56s
400m: Vijaykumari GK (Karnataka, IND) – 53.40s; Devyaniba Zala (Gujarat, IND) – 53.87s; Louise Evans (Great Britain) – 54.28s
800m: Amandeep Kaur (Punjab, IND) – 2:04.31; Huidrom B (IOCL, IND) – 2:06.96; Thota Sankeertana (Chhattisgarh, IND) – 2:07.17
1500m: Pooja (Haryana, IND) – 4:15.13; Lili Das (Uttar Pradesh, IND) – 4:17.66; Amandeep Kaur (Punjab, IND) – 4:27.14
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100m Hurdles: Pragyan Prashanti Sahu (Odisha, IND) – 13.74s; Nandhini K (Tamil Nadu, IND) – 13.80s; Anjali C (Kerala, IND) – 14.00s
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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