Athletics
Federation Cup Athletics 2025, Day 4: Animesh claims 200m NR, Praveen Chithravel qualifies for World C'ships- Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the final day of the 2025 Federation Cup Athletics in Kerala.
Top Indian athletes are set to compete at the 2025 Federation Athletics Championships. (File Photo)
An exciting final day of action, having multiple national and meet records, at the 2025 Federation Athletics Championships took place in Ernakulam, Kochi, Kerala, on Thursday.
There were 13 finals on the day, including some of the big events like women's long jump, men's triple jump, and men's and women's 200 metres.
The Olympians, Annu Rani and Tajinderpal Singh Toor, had a disappointing day in their respective categories, whereas Tejaswin Shankar booked his ticket for the Asian Championships in men's decathlon.
As it happened:
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- 24 April 2025 9:44 AM GMT
Praveen Chithravel equaled his own National record to qualify for the world championships
He had a brilliant leap of 17.37m in the third attempt to qualify for the world championships.
The World Championships qualifying mark was 17.22m.
- 24 April 2025 5:40 AM GMT
Men's Pole Vault in the Decathlon event is currently underway
This is the eighth event of the decathlon men's and the national record holder Tejaswin Shankar is still leading the field.
Rank after 7 events:
- Tejaswin Shankar - 5619 Points
- N Thowfeeq - 5157 Points
- Yamandeep Sharma - 5123 Points
- Jashbir Nayak - 5085 Points
- Usaid Khan - 5082 Points
- 24 April 2025 4:55 AM GMT
Harshita Sehrawat wins the women's hammer throw title with a season-best throw of 61.65m
Harshita could not breach the Asian Qualifying mark but clinched a gold medal in the women's hammer throw
Medalists:
Harshita Sehrawat - 61.65m - SB
Tanya Chaudhary - 60.32m - SB
Mital Solanki - 50.17m
- 24 April 2025 4:35 AM GMT
The Women's Hammer Throw Final has started
The Qualifying mark for the Asian Athletics Championships in this event is 64.17m
- 24 April 2025 3:06 AM GMT
Sanjivani Jadhav wins the women's 5000m title with a new season best of 15:43.02s
With this timing, she has also qualified for the Asian Championships 2025.
Medalists:
Gold - Sanjivani Jadhav - 15:43.02s
Silver - Seema - 16:17.07s
Bronze - Anjali Devi - 16:25.78s
- 24 April 2025 2:40 AM GMT
Abhishek Pal wins the men's 5000m gold medal with a new personal best of 13:40.59s
Abhishek, alongside Sawan Barwal and Kiran Matre, has also breached the Asian Qualifying mark of 13:48.33s.
Medalists:
Gold - Abhishek Pal - 13:40.59s
Silver - Sawan Barwal - 13:41.58s
Bronze - Kiran Matre - 13:47.16s
