Athletics
Indian Open Throws: Tajinderpal Toor won gold in men's shot put, Vikrant Malik clinch gold in men's javelin throw-HIGHLIGHTS
Catch all the highlights from the 3rd Indian Open Throws Competition in Patiala, Punjab on Friday.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor in action at the Indian Open Athletics Meet Bengaluru 2025. (File Photo)
A host of top Indian throwers were in action at the 3rd Indian Open Throws Competition in Patiala, Punjab on Friday.
Damneet Singh from Punjab wins gold in the Men's Hammer Throw with a distance of 65.82m. Gurudev Singh, also from Punjab and Mukul from Uttar Pradesh finish second and third with 61.87m and 61.61m respectively.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended hid title in men's shot put while Abha Khatua broke her pen meet record in women's shot put to claim gold medal. Both players will be eyeing to get near the Paris Qualification through rankings after this positive result..
Young Vikrant Malik started the year on a high note with a gold medal in men's javelin with a 81.68m amongst a very big startlist having 40+ Javelin throwers.
As it happened:
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- 22 March 2024 5:38 AM GMT
Dipanshu breaches the 70 meter mark!
A colossal third attempt saw Dipanshu cross the 70m mark and has solidified his first place even further!
- 22 March 2024 5:37 AM GMT
Himanshu with a huge third throw!
He threw 67.02m in his third attempt and is in the podium contention for now!
- 22 March 2024 5:31 AM GMT
Rohan Yadav flexes his muscles in second attempt
He threw a distance of 64.13 in his second throw.
- 22 March 2024 5:17 AM GMT
Dipanshu Sharma with a power throw!
With 67.8m to his name, Dipanshu makes a strong opening throw and goes into 1st place!
- 22 March 2024 4:40 AM GMT
Prateek of Haryana clinched the gold in U-20 men's hammer throw (6Kg)
Prateek clinched the gold with a throw of 62.75m followed by Harshit Kumar of Uttar Pradesh (59.93) for silver medal.
Bronze medal goes to Aryan of Rajasthan with 54.34m.
