File image of Vithya Ramraj in motion.
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The Indian contingent gained as many as six gold medals, together with double podium finishes in ladies’s 800m last and lengthy leap competitors, on the second and last day of Taiwan Open worldwide athletics championship right here on Sunday.
Three-time nationwide champion Vithya Ramraj, Rohit Yadav, Pooja, Krishan Kumar and Annu Rani gained the gold medal of their respective occasions in a powerful outing by the Indian contingent.
Additionally profitable gold was the group of Santosh T, Vishal TK, Dharamveer Chaudhary, and Manu TS, the quartet ending on high of the rostrum within the males’s 4x400m occasion with a championship report of three:05.58s to log out the nation’s profitable marketing campaign on a constructive be aware.
Yashas Palaksha rallied to win silver within the males’s 400m hurdles with a private greatest timing of 42.22s, the outcome giving a giant enhance to his confidence after lacking out on the 2025 Asian Championships.
Vithya clocked 56.53s to strike gold within the ladies’s 400m hurdles occasion, her third greatest time of the yr serving to the athlete to achieve some helpful rating factors for the upcoming World Championships.
The athlete from Tamil Nadu competes in 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres and 4×400 metres relay.
Earlier than this, she had clocked 56.04s within the Federation Cup last and 56.46s within the Asian Championship last.
Rohit couldn’t breach the 75m mark within the males’s javelin throw competitors however a greatest throw of 74.42m was sufficient for him to assert gold within the occasion.
Taipei’s Huang Shih-Feng gained silver with a throw of 74.04m, whereas his compatriot Cheng Chao-Tsun was third with an effort of 73.95m.
Pooja gained the ladies’s 800m last with a championship report time of two:02.79s to edge previous compatriot Twinkle Chaudhary, who clocked 2:06.96s to clinch silver.
Krishan Kumar then got here again from behind to win the highest prize within the males’s 800m last with a time of 1:48.46s, which can be a brand new championship report.
Within the ladies’s javelin last later within the day, Annu Rani struck gold after she threw the spear at a distance of 56.82m.
The Indian couldn’t enhance on her season’s greatest efficiency however the sub-57 metre throw was sufficient for her to complete forward of silver winner Hatarabage Lekamalage (56.82m) of Sri Lanka and Taipei’s Pin-Hsun Chu (53.03m).
Within the ladies’s lengthy leap occasion, India’s Shaili Singh (6.41m) and Ancy Sojan (6.39m) then gained the silver and bronze medals respectively, ending behind Australia’s Delta Amidzovski (6.49m), who gained the gold medal.
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