Indian Open | Amiya and Srabani claim titles

Amiya Mallick topped the field but the 32-year-old was far from his best, clocking 10.66 seconds to win the 100m at the third Indian Open athletics meet at the Birsa Munda Stadium here on Thursday.

The former National record holder, with a personal best of 10.26s, was returning to action after 2023 and although he has not slipped since then — he clocked the same at the Open Nationals back then — Indian men’s sprint has quickened a lot and Amiya has work to do.

It was a similar story among the women with Srabani Nanda completing the sprint double but in relatively slow timings — 12.33s for 100m and 24.75s for 200 — that were still good enough to beat the field in overcast conditions.

Storm and delay

This was followed by a heavy downpour and storm that forced the organisers to stop the competition for more than two hours.

Things remained bleak on resumption with the lights going off midway through the competition. The tough conditions meant several sub-par performances, including Sachin Yadav’s in javelin who made only two attempts and had a best of 70.62m to place second.

The results (winners only): Men: 100m: 1. Amiya Mallick (Odi, 10.66s), 2. Abhinash Sahu (Odi, 10.71s), 3. Dharambir (Har, 10.74s); 200m: 1. Raja Babu Alam (Del, 21.63s), 2. Astik Pradhan (Odi, 21.78s), 3. Arjit Kumar Yadav (Bih, 22.05s); 400m: 1. Rahul Kumar Githala (Raj, 47.73s), 2. Sarthak Bhambri (UP, 47.93s), 3. Mohd. Sinan (Rel, 47.93s); 800m: 1. Shyam Milan Bind (MP, 1:52.46), 2. Sumit Kharab (Har, 1:55.92), 3. Md. Sarwar (Jha, 1:59.19); 1500m: 1. Ashok Dandasena (Odi, 3:53.07), 2. Navdeep (Har, 3:53.65), 3. Prakash Kumar (Del, 3:54.19).

5000m: 1. Abhishek Pal (RSPB, 14:07.17), 2. Saurabh Kumar (Del, 14:07.96), 3. Kiran Matre (Army, 14:14.91); 10000m: 1. Sawan Barwal (Rel, 29:55.50), 2. Ajay (Army, 30:11.90), 3. Shubham Sindhu (Har, 30:12.69); Long jump: 1. Mohd. Muhassin (Ker, 7.06m), 2. Prince Latiyan (UP, 6.95m), 3. Karan Yadav (MP, 6.05m); Triple jump: 1. Sebastian V.S. (JSW, 15.82m), 2. Mohd. Muhassin (Ker, 15.49m), 3. Vishal Bahadur (15.15m); Javelin: 1. Shivam Lohakare (SSCB, 71.52m), 2. Sachin Yadav (PSCB, 70.62m), 3. Parmod (Har, 67.27m); Shot put: 1. Chetan Kapoor (Har, 16.99m), 2. Sahib Singh (Del, 16.51m), 3. Arjun (Chd, 15.98m); Hammer throw: 1. Praveen Kumar (Raj, 62.61m), 2. Shankar Nagarajan (TN, 56.63m), 3. Nitish Tomar (Pun, 52.88m).

Women: 100m: 1. Srabani Nanda (Odi, 12.33s), 2. Jyoti (Del, 12.86s), 3. Sukhi Baskey (Odi, 13.10s); 200m: 1. Srabani Nanda (Odi, 24.75s), Bidisha Kundu (WB, 25.10s), 3. Swathi Rongali (AP, 25.21s); 400m: 1. Kumari Dipti (Bih, 1:12.27); 800m: 1. Aarti Dhillon (Har, 2:17.51), 2. Mahima Choudhary (Raj, 2:18.04); 1500m: 1. Vineeta Gurjar (UP, 4:26.62), 2. Nikita Sharma (HP, 4:28.23), 3. Laxita Sandilea (Guj, 4:43.03).

5000m: 1. Sanjivani Jadhav (Mah, 16:44.26), 2. Kavita Yadav (RSPB, 16:49.27), 3. Anjali Devi (Har, 16:52.14); 10000m: 1. Jyoti (UP, 34:40.37), 2. Bharti (Har, 34:50.71), 3. Yashi Sachan (UP, 36:21.40); Long jump: 1. Priya Rathore (Raj, 5.87m), 2. Priti Lakra (Jha, 5.58m), 3. Daliya Parvin (WB, 5.55m); Triple jump: 1. Mallal Anusha (JSW, 13.03m), Sandra Babu (JSW, 12.55m), Priti Lakra (Jha, 11.68m); Discus: 1. Amanat Kamboj (Pun, 47.18m).