National Open Athletics: Ancy records PB, Vithya breaks 39-year-old MR

Asian Games medalist Ancy Sojan claimed the gold medal at the National Open Athletics Championships with a big personal best while Vithya Ramraj broke the 39-year-old meet record on the final day on Monday.

Ancy recorded her personal best of 6.71m in the women's long jump placing her third in the all-time best jumps behind Shaili Singh (6.76m) and Anju Bobby George (6.83m).

She won the Best Female Athlete award at the meet.

Asian Games medallist Vithya Ramraj also erased the long-standing women’s 400m hurdles meet record. She crossed the finish line at 56.23 seconds which was better than the previous meet record of 56.80 seconds set by legendary sprinter PT Usha in 1985.

Tamil Nadu’s Nithin cinched 200m gold with a meet record time of 20.66 seconds to be named best male athlete.

Vikrant Malik won the gold medal in men's Javelin Throw with 80.02m while Sachin Yadav won the silver with 79.80m. Returning from an injury, Rohit Yadav hit a season-best 79.31m to win the bronze medal.

Asian Games medalist Agasara Nandini won gold in Heptathlon with a total of 5526 points.

The men’s trophy went to Services (137 points) while Railways (201 points) took the women’s team title. Railways were also declared overall champions with 318 points.

Results: Women: 200m: Nithya Gandhe (Railways) 23.51 seconds, Srabani Nanda (Odisha) 23.83 seconds, Nancy (Haryana) 23.84 seconds.

800m: Chanda (Railways) 2:01.16 seconds, Twinkle (Punjab) 2:03.59 seconds, Gugu Kaur (Punjab) 2:04.77 seconds.

10,000m: Seema (Himachal Pradesh) 33:56.86 seconds, Sonika (Railways) 34:50.57, Kavita Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 35:10.77.

400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj (Railways) 56.23 sec MR, Sinchal (Railways) 57.60 seconds, Prajna (Karnataka) 57.90 seconds.

3,000m steeplechase: Rebi Pal (Railways) 10:21.28, Komal Jagadale (Railways) 10:26.34, Susmita Tigga (Odisha) 10:43.52

Hammer throw: Harshita Sehrawat (Delhi) 61.04m, Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 60.18m, Anmol Kaur (Punjab) 58.82m.

Long jump: Ancy Sojan (Services) 6.71m, Karthika Gothandapani (Railways) 6.29m, Bhavani Yadav (Railways) 6.25m.

Heptathlon: Agasara Nandini (Telangana) 5526 points, Moumita Mondal (Railways) 5126 points, Pooja (Railways) 5126 points.

4x400m relay: Railways 3:39.01 seconds, Andhra Pradesh 3:39.11 seconds, Punjab 3:39.40 seconds.

Men: 200m: Nithin (Tamil Nadu) 20.66 seconds MR, Nalubothu Srinivas (Railways) 20.67 seconds MR, Abhin Devadiga (Railways) 20.81 seconds.

800m: Mohammed P (Services) 1:48.10 seconds, Prakash Gadade (Services) 1:48.52 seconds, Shyam Milan Bind (Madhya Pradesh) 1:49.83 seconds.

10,000m: Abhishek (Railways) 29:48.18 seconds, Arun Rathod (Maharashtra) 29:52.54, Sunil Kumar (Services) 29:56.09.

400m hurdles: Aman (Haryana) 50.52 seconds, Jabir P (Services) 50.53 seconds, Nikhil Bhardwaj (Services) 50.90 seconds.

Triple jump: Mohammed SN (Tamil Nadu) 16.28m, Gailey Venister (Railways) 16.27m, Sebastian VS (Kerala) 16.15m.

Javelin throw: Vikrant Malik (Haryana) 80.02m, Sachin Yadav (Uttar Pradesh) 79.80m, Rohit Yadav (Railways) 79.31m.

3,000m steeplechase: Siddhant Pujari (Maharashtra) 8:46.05, Rohit Verma (Services) 8:46.30, Sourabh Antil (Services) 8:47.14.

4x400m relay: Services 3:07.11, Tamil Nadu 3:08.56, Railways 3:08.70.