Indian Open Throws 2026: Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins shot put gold; Sanjana wins women's javelin gold-HIGHLIGHTS

That's it from our coverage of the opening day of 2026 Indian Open Throws

Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Shot Put) and Damanpreet Singh (Hammer Throw) were the stars of the day, winning the titles with season best throw.

Do tune in tomorrow for the second day of action, featuring the elite men's javelin throw final.

Seema wins the women's discus throw title with a new personal best

She defended her title with her career best throw of 57.78m on her first attempt to easily clinch the title ahead of Priya (56.16m) and Sanya Yadav (52.80m).

Her mark is also better than the AFI's qualifying mark for both Commonwealth Games (56.85) and Asian Games (55.48m), and if she continues her form should could qualify for both events.

Tanya Chaudhary wins the women's hammer throw title

Tanya Chaudhary continued her consistent run in the domestic circuit, winning the women's hammer throw title with yet another 61m+ throw.

Her throw of 61.09m at the fourth attempt proved to be way more than enough for her to win the title and start her 2026 on a high note.

Medalists:

Tanya Chaudhary - Gold - 61.09m

Divya Shandilya - Silver - 53.31m

Soniya - Bronze - 52.29m

Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins the men's shot put gold medal

A comfortable gold medal for the veteran Tajinderpal Singh Toor, who attained his second consecutive 20m+ throw this year after the Asian Indoor Championships.

He won the title with the best of 20.51m on his second attempt, finding his form in an important year, having commonwealth and Asian Games.

A massive 20.51m throw for Tajinderpal Singh Toor in his second attempt

The two-time Asian Games champion improved by half a metre from his first attempt of 20.02m to showcase his dominance.

Up Next: - Men's Shot Put final at 5:00 PM IST

 Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be in action in the final B of the Men's Shot Put, which has 15 entries.

Damneet Singh wins the hammer throw gold medal, but misses the national record by 10cm

Damneet's second attempt of 70.64m proved to be his best mark of the day, which was enough for him to win the gold medal ahead of Ashish Jakhar (66.33m).

Damneet had never crossed the 70m mark before today, but now he breached that multiple times in Patiala. However, he still fell short of the decade-old national record of Neeraj Kumar (70.73m).

Overall, a good start for the youngster, who has also breached the Asian Games qualifying mark here and will be hoping to improve this in the coming tournaments.

Medalists:

Gold - Damneet Singh (70.64m)

Silver - Ashish Jakhar (66.33m)

Bronze - Devang (63.27m)

Damneet Singh becomes 6th Indian athlete to cross 70m in Hammer throw

He attained a distance of 70.64m on his second attempt to take the lead in the men's hammer throw final.

This is the third best throw by an Indian athlete in this discipline.

Up Next: - Men's Hammer Throw final at 2:30 PM IST

There are 22 entries in the men's hammer throw final, including the rising stars Damneet Singh and Devang.

Start List: 

Yogita wins the women's shot put title in Patiala

She threw a distance of 16.44m on her final attempt to clinch the title ahead of Shiksha, who had a personal best performance with a 16.30m throw to win a silver medal.