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Amlan Borgohain expectedly took the top spot in both the 100m and 200m despite running a visibly slow race at the second Indian Open athletics meet here on Saturday.
Amlan, the national record holder in 200, was almost a second slower than his best but at 21.27 seconds, it was enough to get ahead of the rest of the field. He won the 100m in 10.59 seconds, far from his best and slower than the 10.43s he ran a week ago at the first Grand Prix.
But it was Yashas P. who impressed with a 49.63s win in the 400m hurdles, the only one to manage a sub-50 second timing across the two races. Competing for the first time since being laid low with a back injury during training ahead of the World Athletics Relay in May last year, this was close to his best of 49.37s as he prepares for the Federation Cup.
Among the women, Haryana’s talented youngster Pooja equalled the Under-20 national record with a 1.85m jump to take the high jump gold and clear the AFI’s Federation Cup qualification standard while Delhi’s Simrandeep Kaur completed a 100-200 double.
But it was below-par performance in most of the other events. While the women’s shot put and discus throw had single entries in Maharashtra’s Agrata Melkunde and Delhi’s Bhavana Yadav respectively, Pooja ran a solo race in the 1500m.
Meanwhile, the AFI announced a revised event schedule for the fourth leg of the Indian Open to be held in Chennai on April 15, including the 110m Hurdles for men in the programme, likely to allow national record holder Tejas Shirse to get the mandatory participation before the Federation Cup. Shirse won at the National Games but has been training abroad ever since.
The results: Men: 100m: 1. Amlan Borgohain (Rel, 10.59s), 2. Jay Shah (Mah, 10.68), 3. Nayan Shah (Mah, 10.78); 200m: 1. Amlan Borgohain (Rel, 21.27), 2. Jay Shah (Mah, 21.59), 3. Ruchit Mori (Guj, 21.71); 800m: 1. Shakeel (Raj, 1:51.8), 2. Sahil (Utk, 1:55.36), 3. Kasif Ali (UP, 2:00.07); 1500m: 1. Kartik Karkera (Mah, 3:49.87), Pushpendra Singh Rathore (Raj, 3:50.30), 3. Junaid Khan (Har, 3:53.46); 5000m: 1. Naresh Chopra (Navy, 14:27.10), 2. Vishal Pandey (MP, 14:27.15), 3. Prakashrao Deshmukh (Navy, 14:27.46); 110m hurdles: 1. Manav R. (RSPB, 14.22), 2. Ronald Babu (MP, 14.25), 3. Rathish Pandidurai (Rel, 14.49); 400m hurdles: 1. Yashas P. (Army, 49.63), 2. Hardeep Kumar (Pun, 51.63), Karthik Yarravarapu (AP, 51.71); long Jump: 1. Avinash Kumar (Har, 7.69m), 2. Kadachha Kara (Guj, 7.33), 3. Nitin Pal (MP, 7.31); high Jump: 1. Dhairyshil Gayakwad (Mah, 2.05m); javelin throw: 1. Sunny Sheoran (UP, 69.93m), 2. Nitesh Yadav (Army, 68.90m), 3. Naresh Yadav (Guj, 67.51m); shot put: 1. Aniket (Utk, 17.70m), 2. Sourabh Vij (ONGC, 16.46), 3. Vikash Chaudhari (UP, 15.13); discus throw: 1. Sahil Chechi (Har, 52.50m), 2. Ajay Kumar (Har, 52.41), 3. Ramanand Kumar Singh (Jha, 49.01).
Women: 100m: 1. Simrandeep Kaur (Del, 12s), 2. Saroj Shetty (Mah, 12.33), 3. Mahera Sadruddin Siddique (12.46); 200m: 1. Simrandeep Kaur (Del, 24.75), 2. Shivkanya Mukati (MP, 24.84), 3. Mahera Sadruddin Siddique (Guj, 25.25); 800m: 1. Pooja (RSPB, 2:09.62), 2. Amandeep Kaur (Pun, 2:10.41), 3. Mittal Chaudhri (Guj, 2:14.32); 1500m: 1. Pooja (RSPB, 4:21.65); 5000m: 1. Kajal Kanwade (Guj, 16:27.67), 2. Garima Yadav (MP, 16:55.46); 100m hurdles: 1. Pragyan Sahu (Odi, 13.34s), 2. Nithya Ramraj (13.46s); long jump: 1. Nirma Bhuraji (Guj, 5.96m), 2. Mayuriben Gamit (Guj, 5.30m), 3. Bha Kothari (Mah, 5.23m); high jump: 1. Pooja (Har, 1.85), 2. Payal Jamod (Guj, 1.74), 3. Rajeswari Das (WB, 1.55); javelin throw: 1. Lalita Choudhary (Raj, 46.83m), 2. Diksha Dwivedi (Guj, 37.67); shot put: Agrata Melkunde (Mah, 10.42m); discus throw: 1. Bhavana Yadav (Del, 52.08m).
Published – April 05, 2025 07:54 pm IST
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Amlan Borgohain wins sprint double at Indian Open athletics
