Aditya Kumar Singh from Varanasi leapt 7.74m to bag a long jump gold in the Indian Open athletics meet at the Nehru Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday.
However, Olympian Jeswin Aldrin, returning to his first competition after Paris 2024 finished at seventh place after pulling a hamstring.
The National Record holder jumped to 7.36m in his first attempt while fouling his remaining attempts and not attempting his fifth.
“I was looking forward to the event but during warm-up, I developed the pain,” Jeswin said.
In the men’s javelin throw event, Yashvir Singh of Railways clinched the gold with his best throw of 77.49m while 2022 Asian Games medalist, Kishore Jena, bagged silver with an effort of 75.99m.
Men’s shot put favorite Tejinderpal Singh Toor won gold in the event with a single throw of 17.61m.
Indian Open Athletics Meet Results:
Men: 100m: Race A: Gitson (TN) 1073s; B: Paras (HP) 10.75; C: Pranav Pramod (Rlys) 10.38s; 110mH: Race-A: Rathish Pandi (Reliance) 14.36s; Race-B: R. Manav (Rlys) 13.94s; 200m: Race-A: Dondapati Mrutyam MA (Odi) 21.67s; B: Animesh Kujur (Odi) 21.14s; 400mH: Race-A: Subhas Das (JSW) 50.96s; B: Jabir Madari Palliyal (Navy) 51.85; 800m: Race-A: Satyam Chauhan (Army) 1:51.64s; Race-B: Anu Kumar (Utr) 1:48.95s; long jump: Aditya Kumar Singh (UP) 7.74m; high jump: Shaik Mohiddin (AP) 2.08m; shot put: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Pun) 17.61m; javelin: Yashvir Singh (Rlys) 77.49m
Women: 100m H: Nithya Ramraj (TN) 13.32s; 400mH: Vithya Ramraj (TN) 56.90s; 100m: Race-A: Kiruthika (TN) 11.87s; B: Charu Shoukeen (Del) 12.30s; C: Sneha SS (Kar) 11.79s; 800m: Twinkle Chaudhary (Pun) 2:09.39s; Pole vault: E. Baranica (TN) 3.90m; long jump: Shaili Singh (UP) 6.45m; Triple jump: K. N. Bhumika (Kar) 12.05m; javelin throw: Shakshi Sharma (UP) 46.79m.
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