Bhairabi clinched the triple soar gold with an effort of 13.10m.
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Bhairabi Roy overcame a venue-related confusion to say the ladies’s triple soar title whereas Nationwide report holder pole vaulter Dev Meena completed a disappointing third on the rain-battered opening day of the Nationwide Open athletics championships on the Birsa Munda Stadium, Morabadi, right here on Saturday.
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 scuffling with a hamstring harm 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 identify, travelled 9 kilometre amid heavy site visitors and barely managed to report for the competitors. I couldn’t heat up and the observe additionally grew to become sluggish on account of rain,” stated Bhairabi, who’s anticipating one other medal in lengthy soar.
Within the males’s pole vault, the athletes struggled as they may not see the field and bar correctly on account of poor lighting. Rain additionally posed issues because the competitors was stopped halfway.
The highest-four finishers cleared 5.10m after a number of failed makes an attempt.
M. Gowtham took the gold, adopted by Rambeer, Meena and former Nationwide report holder Siva S. World College Video games silver medallist Seema beat 18-year-old Sanjana Singh within the closing lap to take the ladies’s 5,000m gold with 16:01.27s. However, it was a satisfying efficiency for Sanjana, who achieved her private better of 16:03.23.
Manikanta Hoblidhar equalled his 2023 meet report time, 10.23s, within the 100m semifinals and emerged because the quickest among the many males thus far.
The outcomes: Finals (winners solely): Males: 5000m: Prince Kumar (AIP) 14:06.57s; Pole vault: M. Gowtham 5.10m.
Ladies: 5000m: Seema (HP) 16:01.27s; Triple soar: Bhairabi Roy (Rlys) 13.10m; Discus: Seema (Har) 55.26m.
Printed – September 27, 2025 09:52 pm IST