Athletics
Inter-State Athletics C'ships Day 2: Vishal TK thrashes India's 400m national record - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the second day of the 64th Inter-State National Athletics Championships.
Indian quarter-milers in action on the second day of the 2025 Inter-State Athletics Championships.
64th National Inter-state Athletics Championships Day-2: The biggest National track and field competition will continue at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.
The top Indian quarter-milers will be in action on the second day's finals, with Vishal TK and Amoj Jacob among the favourites in the men's 400m event, and Devyaniba Zala will be fighting for the women's 400m gold.
On the other hand, the men's and women's 1500m finals will also take place today, with some of the top names like Ajay Saroj, Yoonus Shah, Pooja, and Lili Das fighting for the gold medals.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 21 Aug 2025 12:33 PM GMT
Vishal TK set the new men's 400m national record with a time of 45.12s
Vishal TK broke Muhammed Anas Yahiya's national record of 45.21s to clinch the men's 400m national record.
He has been the most consistent performer over the season and clocked multiple sub-46 times to finally break long awaiting 6-year-old national record.
Medalists:
Gold - Vishal TK - 45.12s - National Record
Silver - Rajesh Ramesh - 46.04s
Bronze - Vikrant - 46.17s
- 21 Aug 2025 12:28 PM GMT
Devyaniba Zala wins the women's 400m gold medal with a time of 53.37s
Devvyaniba Zala had a rather comfortable final, clocking a time just 0.20 seconds shy of her season best.
Medalists:
Gold - Devvyaniba Zala - 53.37s
Silver - Anankha B - 53.84s
Bronze - Prachi - 53.96s - SB
- 21 Aug 2025 12:08 PM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 400m Final at 5:50 PM IST
Devyaniba Zala will be the favourite of the event, having the best SB timing among the 8 finalists.
Here is the startlist:
Prachi
Kunja Rajitha
Sonia Baishya
Devyaniba Zala
Gowrinandana
Anankha B A
Poovamma Raju
Manisha Kumari
- 21 Aug 2025 11:43 AM GMT
National record holder Tejas Shirse tops the preliminary round of men's 110m hurdles
Clocking an impressive 13.72s, Tejas qualified for the final comfortably as no other Indian athlete was anywhere near his timing in the heats.
The top 8 Timings of the 110m Preliminary round.
Tejas Shirse - 13.72s
M Krishik - 14.05s
R Manav - 14.23s
Rathish - 14.27
Shintomon C B - 14.34s
M Lazan - 14.38s
Mohammed Kerala - 14.56
Harmanjeet - 14.67
- 21 Aug 2025 11:12 AM GMT
The women's pole vault action begins at the mark of 3m
Shabnam and Jyoti of Haryana began with comfortable vaults at 3m to start the evening session of the second day of the competition.
- 21 Aug 2025 9:20 AM GMT
Up Next: Women's Pole Vault Final at 4:30 PM IST
There are 12 entries in the women's pole vault final. Baranica Elangavoan will be the favorite for the gold medal in front of her home crowd.
- 21 Aug 2025 7:40 AM GMT
The men's decathlon event is underway. R Manoj Kumar leads the pack after first day
Manoj Kumar scored 3721 points from the first five events, edging ahead of fellow Tamil Nadu player John Paul by 57 points.
Three more athletes have scored more than 3500 points on the first day.
