Indian Grand Prix 1: WATCH Nithya Gandhe Sprints To Women’s 100m Glory

Telangana’s Nithya Gandhe sprinted to Women’s 100m gold medal by clocking her personal best of 11.41 in the Indian Grand Prix 1 in Bengaluru on Friday.

This was her personal best after clocking 11.57 in the 63rd National Open Athletics Championships, Sree Kanteerava Outdoor Stadium, Bengaluru on August 31.

Athletics, Indian GP-1: Brilliant PB by Nithya Gandhe in the women's 100m event at the SAI Center, Bengaluru as she clocked an impressive 11.41s (wind: +0.4m/s) to win the title.. Prodigy Abinaya Rajarajan clocked a PB of 11.59s to place 3rd..

Well done girls.. 👏🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/ipiQAZ9p8z

— Vishank Razdan (@VishankRazdan) March 28, 2025

Gandhe finished 14 seconds ahead of Karnataka’s Sneha S.S (11.55) while young prodigy Abhinaya Rajaraja from Tamil Nadu was at the third spot with a timing of 11.59.

In the men’s 800m event, Haryana’s Krishnan Kumar and Kerala’s Mohammed Afsal finished at joint top spot with a timing of 1:47.09.

Kerala’s Salman Farookh finished at the second spot with a timing of 1:49.84 while Karnataka’s Vaibhav Murti claimed the third spot with a timing of 1:53.48.