National Open Athletics | Manikanta clocks Indias second-fastest time in profitable 100m

Manikanta Hoblidhar bettered his two-year-old meet report as he clocked India’s second-fastest time, 10.19, on his approach to win the lads’s 100m title within the National Open athletics championships on the Birsa Munda Stadium, Morabadi, right here on Sunday.

On a rain-affected day, former National report holder Manikanta, who equalled the meet report (10.23, achieved in Bengaluru) within 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 top quality discipline. The 24-year-old was 0.01 off Animesh Kujur’s National report.

“I used to be aiming for 10.10, however the moist monitor slowed down my tempo. My goal is to get a person medal on the 2026 Asian Games,” mentioned Manikanta, whose earlier private greatest was 10.22.

Two promising athletes, excessive jumper Gobika Okay. and sprinter Abinaya Rajarajan, suffered serious-looking accidents.

After securing the gold medal with 1.79m, Gobika injured her proper knee whereas trying to enhance upon her efficiency. She was stretchered off whereas screaming in excruciating ache.

Abinaya, who already had a lung subject, managed to complete third (11.67) within the girls’s 100m behind Sneha S.S. (11.62) and Sudeshna Shivankar (11.64). After the race, Abinaya struggled with a groin subject 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 within the males’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 Okay. (TN) 13.57; High soar: Gobika Okay. (TN) 1.79m; Shot put: Yogita (Rlys) 16.52m; 4x400m combined relay: Uttar Pradesh (Satish Kumar, Meenu Sahu, Nitin Kumar, Neeru Pathak) 3:23.62.