Bhairabi clinched the triple soar gold with an effort of 13.10m. | Photo Credit: Y.B. Sarangi
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 may have carried out higher. I reached one other venue bearing the identical title, travelled 9 kilometre amid heavy site visitors and barely managed to report for the competitors. I couldn’t heat up and the monitor additionally turned sluggish attributable to rain,” stated Bhairabi, who’s anticipating one other medal in lengthy soar.
In the boys’s pole vault, the athletes struggled as they might not see the field and bar correctly attributable to 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 last 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 to date.
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 soar: Bhairabi Roy (Rlys) 13.10m; Discus: Seema (Har) 55.26m.
Published – September 27, 2025 09:52 pm IST
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