Athletics
Taiwan Athletics Open: Pooja, Annu Rani win gold, Shaili pips Ancy to win silver - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the last day of the Taiwan Open Athletics event in Chinese Taipei on Sunday.
Top Indian track and field athletes to compete at the Taiwan Open Athletics 2025. (File Photo)
Fourteen Indian athletes participated in the final day of the World Athletics Continental Bronze event, the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025, in Chinese Taipei on Sunday.
Ancy Sojan and Shaili Singh led the day for India in women's long jump, followed by national record holder Annu Rani in the women's javelin throw final.
Meanwhile, Rohit Yadav was the only Indian male player in the field events on the second day as he competed in the men's javelin final.
In the track, the men's and women's 400m hurdles and 800m events took place, whereas the men's 4*400m relay team won the gold medal.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 8 Jun 2025 12:19 PM GMT
Indian men's 4*400m team clinched the title with a time of 3:05.58s
The Indian men's team of Santosh T, Vishal TK, Dharamveer Chaudhary, and Manu TS ran a sub-par time to clinch the gold medal with a new championship record of 3:05.58s
This will not help the side to qualify for the world championship, but can be a good test before the coming events among a much-challenging field.
- 8 Jun 2025 11:50 AM GMT
Up Next: - Men's 4*400m Final at 5:30 PM IST
The final event of the competition, the men's 4*400m relay, will start soon.
Here is the start list:
Taipei City
Asia Biomedical
India
Tao City Pingzhen High School
EALI Yili Sports
National Taiwan Sports University
- 8 Jun 2025 11:36 AM GMT
Double Podium for India in women's long jump event
Shaili Singh (6.41m) and Ancy Sojan (6.39m) won the gold and silver medals, respectively, finishing behind Australia's Delta Amidzovski (6.49m), who won the gold medal.
Ancy, going into the final round, was leading the standings, but then Shaili and Delta took over from her, and she settled for third place.
Final Standings:
Delta Amidzovski (AUS) - 6.49m
Shaili Singh (IND) - 6.41m
Ancy Sojan (IND) - 6.39m
- 8 Jun 2025 11:28 AM GMT
Annu Rani wins the gold medal with her best throw of 56.82m
Annu could not improve on her season best and ended with a sub-57 metre throw in the final. However, this was enough for her to win the gold medal here in Chinese Taipei.
Final Standings:
Annu Rani (IND) - 56.82m
Hatarabage Lekamalage (SRI) - 56.62m
Pin-Hsun Chu (TPE) - 53.03m
- 8 Jun 2025 11:09 AM GMT
Annu Rani leads the women's javelin throw event with a best of 56.82m
At the halfway stage:
Annu Rani (IND) - 56.82m
Hatarabage L (SRI) - 56.62m
Pin-Csun Chu (TPE) - 53.03m
- 8 Jun 2025 10:59 AM GMT
Ancy Sojan is leading the women's long jump with the best jump of 6.39m
At the halfway stage:
Ancy Sojan (IND) - 6.39m
Shaili Singh (IND) - 6.30m
Delta Amidzovski (AUS) - 6.11m
- 8 Jun 2025 10:29 AM GMT
Krishan Kumar bags the gold medal in the men's 800m final
Krishan came from behind in the final to clinch the gold medal with a time of 1:48.46s.
This is also a new championship record for the competition.
