Athletics
World Athletics Continental Tour — Silver meet: HIGHLIGHTS
Rohit Yadav steals the show with a 87.69m effort in the Men's Javelin throw at Bhubhaneshwar on Saturday.
Several top Indian athletes turned up at Bhubhaneshwar on Saturday night for much needed international exposure ahead of the Asian Games 2026. (Photo credit: PTI/ Getty/ Reliance Foundation)
World Athletics Continental Tour — Silver — HIGHLIGHTS: The Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Odisha lit up Saturday night with an elite roster of 198 athletes from 26 countries will competing across 18 key disciplines.
The one-day international competition, the first 'Silver-level' meet to have taken place in India, also featured 140 participants from 12 Asian countries.
Points & prize money
Top performers earned crucial world ranking points as well as cash prizes.
The winners pocketed USD 1,600, USD 1,200 for second-place finishers and USD 900 for third- place finishers.
India fielded its top athletes in almost all the 18 events. In all, the one-day meet witnessed around 200 participants, including 88 Indians.
As it happened!!
Live Updates
- 22 Aug 2026 5:55 PM IST
SRABANI NANDA WINS SILVER!
Srabani Nanda claims the silver medal in the women's 100m at the World Athletics Continental Tour 2026 Silver Meet in Bhubaneswar. She clocks 11.85s to secure India's latest podium finish on home soil.
- 22 Aug 2026 5:35 PM IST
Pooja wins the women's 1500m!
Pooja wins the women's 1500m at the World Athletics Continental Tour 2026 Silver Meet in Bhubaneswar!
Pooja clocked 4:17.24 to take gold, while fellow Indian Lili Das claimed silver in 4:18.32.
- 22 Aug 2026 5:22 PM IST
MEN'S 800M: AFSAL FINISHES THIRD!
Mohammed Afsal Pulikkalakath, India's national record holder, finishes third in the men's 800m at the World Athletics Continental Tour 2026 Silver Meet in Bhubaneswar. He clocks 1:51.86, behind South Africa's Molifi Mohlomi (1:47.45) and Krishan Kumar (1:47.69).
- 22 Aug 2026 5:08 PM IST
Women's High Jump
Just four athletes, from a field of eight turned up on the night, and Supriya takes top honours.
- 22 Aug 2026 5:01 PM IST
Women's Discus Throw: Final Results
Seema, India's big medal hopeful, finishes 4th.
Her best throw came in the fourth round.
- 22 Aug 2026 4:57 PM IST
Women's 100m Hurdles: Bronze for Jyothi Yarraji
This is India's first medal of the night.
- 22 Aug 2026 4:51 PM IST
Women's Discus Throw
It's round five and the athletes here have switched gears all of a sudden.
Brazil's Andressa De Morais has jumped to Gold medal position with a throw of 58.66m.
Samantha Hall from Jamaica (the Commonwealth Games Gold medallist), is in Silver medal position with a throw of 58.43m.
India's Seema, still with a best of 57.44m, has been pushed to 4th on the table.
- 22 Aug 2026 4:44 PM IST
Women's Discus Throw
After four rounds, Seema holds on to her Silver medal position.
