Nithin, Ancy Sojan walk away with best athletes award « Athletics Federation of India

Bengaluru

Exciting performance was witnessed in track and field events on the concluding of the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships here at Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Monday.

For her gold winning efforts of 6.71m, Services promising long jumper Ancy Sojan walked away with the best female athlete award.

While Tamil Nadu’s Nithin sprinted to glory in the men’s group. He won the 200m gold with a time of 20.66 seconds, a meet record. Previous time of 20.74 seconds was set by Animesh Kujur in 2023.

Asian Games medalist, Vithya Ramraj also etched her name in record books. She erased the women’s long standing 400m hurdles meet record. She crossed the finish line at 56.23 seconds which was better than the previous time of 56.80 seconds set by legendary sprinter PT Usha in 1985.

The men’s trophy went to Services (137 points). The women’s title went to Railways (201 points). Railways were also declared overall champions with 318 points.

Ancy, 23, narrowly missed Anju Bobby George’s meet record of 6.74m set in 2002. “The gold winning performance of 6.71m will be a good benchmark to prepare for the 2025 season,” she said.

Results

Women

200m: Nithya Gandhe (Railway Sports) 23.51 seconds, Srabani Nanda (Odisha) 23.83 seconds, Nancy (Haryana) 23.84 seconds.

800m: Chanda (Railway Sports) 2:01.16 seconds, Twinkle (Punjab) 2:03.59 seconds, Gugu Kaur (Punjab) 2:04.77 seconds.

10,000m: Seema (Himachal Pradesh) 33:56.86 seconds, Sonika (Railway Sports) 34:50.57, Kavita Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 35:10.77.

400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj (Railway Sports) 56.23 sec MR, Sinchal (Railway Sports) 57.60 seconds, Prajna (Karnataka) 57.90 seconds.

3,000m steeplechase: Rebi Pal (Railway Sports) 10:21.28, Komal Jagadale (Railway Sports) 10:26.34, Susmita Tigga (Odisha) 10:43.52

Hammer throw: Harshita Sehrawat (Delhi) 61.04m, Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 60.18m, Anmol Kaur (Punjab) 58.82m.

Long jump: Ancy Sojan (SSCB) 6.71m, Karthika Gothandapani (Railway Sports) 6.29m, Bhavani Yadav (Railway Sports) 6.25m.

Heptathlon: Agasara Nandini (Telangana) 5526 points, Moumita Mondal (Railway Sports) 5126 points, Pooja (Railway Sports) 5126 points.

Relay: 4x400m relay: Railway Sports 3:39.01 seconds, Andhra Pradesh 3:39.11 seconds, Punjab 3:39.40 seconds.

Men

200m: Nithin (Tamil Nadu) 20.66 seconds MR, Nalubothu Srinivas (Railway Sports) 20.67 seconds MR, Abhin Devadiga (Railway Sports) 20.81 seconds.

800m: Mohammed P (SSCB) 1:48.10 seconds, Prakash Gadade (SSCB) 1:48.52 seconds, Shyam Milan Bind (Madhya Pradesh) 1:49.83 seconds.

10,000m: Abhishek (Railway Sports) 29:48.18 seconds, Arun Rathod (Maharashtra) 29:52.54, Sunil Kumar (SSCB) 29:56.09.

400m hurdles: Aman (Haryana) 50.52 seconds, Jabir P (SSCB) 50.53 seconds, Nikhil Bhardwaj (SSCB) 50.90 seconds.

Triple jump: Mohammed SN (Tamil Nadu) 16.28m, Gailey Venister (Railway Sports) 16.27m, Sebastian VS (Kerala) 16.15m.

Javelin throw: Vikrant Malik (Haryana) 80.02m, Sachin Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 79.80m, Rohit Yadav (Railway Sports) 79.31m.

3,000m steeplechase: Siddhant Pujari (Maharashtra) 8:46.05, Rohit Verma (SSCB) 8:46.30, Sourabh Antil (SSCB) 8:47.14.

Relay: 4x400m relay: SSCB 3:07.11, Tamil Nadu 3:08.56, Railway Sports 3:08.70.