As majority of the athletes struggled to beat the early season blues, Piyush Raj (Bihar) and Sahil Malik (Uttarakhand) got here up with scorching performances in boys under-20 class within the Indian Open 400m meet on the LNCPE Athletics stadium on Saturday.
Piyush (47.11) and Sahil (47.28s) got here first and second respectively and punched their tickets to the World Underneath-20 athletics championships by coming underneath the qualifying mark of 47.40s.
Piyush reserved his vitality for the ultimate after ending the qualifying race with a modest timing of 48.23. Nonetheless, within the ultimate, Piyush got here up with a dizzying run on the second curve and motored previous Sahil to complete first.
Rajesh Ramesh (TN) got here up with a robust kick within the ultimate 100 metres to beat a spirited problem from T.S. Manu (NCOE) to win the lads’s 400m in 45.26s. Manu clocked 45.96 for silver whereas Amoj Jacob, who received race C, got here third in 45.99.
The ladies’s 400m was weakened by the pull outs of nationwide campers Jyothika Sri, Hima Das and Manisha Kumari. Nonetheless, R. Vithya Ramraj, who had the perfect timing within the heats, got here up with a very good run within the house stretch to win in 53.31s. G.Okay. Vijayakumari and Poovama Raju completed second and third respectively.
The outcomes: Males: 1. Rajesh Ramesh (TN) (45.26s), 2. T.S. Manu (NCOE) (45.96), 3. Amoj Jacob (Delhi) (45.99).
Boys: Underneath-20: 1. Piyush Raj (Bihar) (47.11), 2. Sahil Malik (Uttarakhand) (47.28), 3. Edvin Mathew (Kerala) (47.65).
Underneath-18: 1. Sayeed Sabeer (Karnataka) (47.73), 2. Thanish Vijay Gaddam (NCOE) (48.31).
Ladies: 1. R. Vithya Ramraj (TN) (53.31), 2. G.Okay. Vijayakumari (Karnataka) (53.55), 3. Poovamma Raju (ONGC) (53.61), Women: Underneath-20: 1. Reshma (UP) (54.84), 2. Isha Rajesh Jadhav (Maharashtra) (55.46), 3. A. Dharani (TN) (55.63).
Underneath-18: 1. Kashish Bhagat (Maharashtra) (56.46), 2. M. Nethra (TN) (59.54), 3. Ashaben Chaudhary (Gujarat) (59.62).
Printed – March 21, 2026 09:49 pm IST