Uttar Pradesh’s Rupal stormed to victory within the girls’s 400m occasion within the sixth Indian Open 400m competitors in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday.
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Thiruvananthapuram Uttar Pradesh’s Rupal Chaudhary began her season on a promising word by profitable the ladies’s occasion within the sixth Indian Open 400m competitors 2025 on the LNCPE Athletics stadium right here on Monday.
Rupal, a former under-20 world bronze medallist and whose profession was beset by accidents, got here up with a dizzying run on the second curve and motored previous Asian Video games medallist Vithya Ramraj (Tamil Nadu) to clock 52.41s for the gold. Vithya, who set the tempo initially, settled for the silver in 53.62s. Kerala Ok.Sneha completed third in 47.90s.
T.S. Manu of Kerala claimed the boys’s 400m gold.
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NIRMAL HARINDRAN
Nationwide Video games, bronze medallist T.S. Manu of Kerala got here up with a profession finest efficiency of 46.51s to win gold within the males’s occasion. Manu served discover by bettering his private finest (47.08s) by clocking 46.56s within the preliminary heats within the morning. The ultimate was a two horse race between Manu and Delhi’s Jay Kumar and there was little to separate the 2 athletes till Manu pulled away within the final 20 metres to complete first. Jaya Kumar got here second in 46.93 whereas his team-mate Tushar Kanti Manna was third in 47s.
Tamil Nadu M. Sharan gained the boys under-20 occasion in 47.19s whereas Kerala’s Mohammed Ashfaq gained the under-18 occasion in 47.49s. V. Deshika (TN) gained the ladies under-20 occasion whereas Kashish Bhagat gained the under-18 occasion.
The outcomes: Males: 1. T.S. Manu (Kerala) 46.51s, 2. Jay Kumar (Delhi) 46.93, 3. Tushar Kanti Manna (Delhi) 47.00.
Below-20: 1. M. Sharan (TN) 47.19s, 2. Jerome Sanjay (TN) 47.49, 3. Setu Mishra (Bihar) 47.74.
Below-18: 1. Mohammed Ashfaq (Kerala) 47.49s, 2. Yugank Choudhar (UP) 48.31, 3. Nithin Gowda (TN) 48.44.
Girls: 1. Rupal Chaudhary (UP) 52.41s, 2. R. Vithya Ramraj (TN) 53.62, 3. Ok. Sneha (Kerala) 54.09.
Below-20: 1. V. Dheshika (TN) 54.54s, 2. Sandra Mol Sabu (Kerala) 54.61,3.Isha Rajesh (Mah) 55.44.
Below-18: 1. Kashish Bhagat (Mah) 56.92s, 2. V. Gunashya (TN) 57.62, Prachi Sharma (Har) 58.52.
Printed – March 24, 2025 09:28 pm IST
