Record-breaking performances highlight second day of Indian Open U23 athletics meet

Two meet records were broken on the second day of the Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition in Jaipur on Saturday. Bharatpreet Singh won the men’s discus throw, while Nitika Anup claimed gold in the women’s pole vault event

Hyderabad: Discus thrower Bharatpreet Singh of the Navy and Madhya Pradesh’s pole vaulter Nitika Anup improved meet records in their respective events on the second day of the sixth Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition 2026 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on Saturday.

Bharatpreet Singh came from behind to win gold in the men’s discus throw with a meet-record effort of 54.70m. The previous record of 53.66m was held by Haryana’s Abhimanyu, who set it in 2024.

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Vaibhav of Himachal Pradesh led the keenly contested discus throw event at the halfway stage but had to settle for silver with a throw of 53.65m. Rajasthan’s Ravi won the bronze with 51.26m.

Nitika Anup Akare of Madhya Pradesh raised the bar in the women’s pole vault, winning gold with a height of 4.15m to better the previous meet record of 4.00m, set by Tamil Nadu’s Pavithra in 2022.

Results

Men

400m: Sahil Malik (NCOE Trivandrum) 46.27 seconds; Ankul (Rajasthan) 46.32 seconds; Astik Pradhan (Odisha) 46.52 seconds.

1,500m: Rahul Sarnaliya (Uttarakhand) 3:50.29; Lavkush Rana (Uttar Pradesh) 3:51.43; Ritesh Ohre (Madhya Pradesh) 3:51.78.

5,000m: Gaurav Bhaskar (Maharashtra) 14:07.77; Satyam (Uttar Pradesh) 14:08.41; Ramikesh (Haryana) 14:11.08.

110m hurdles: Shaik Roshan (Andhra Pradesh) 14.14 seconds; Sandeep (Reliance) 14.18 seconds; Rithik Rahul (Tamil Nadu) 14.27 seconds.

Discus throw: Bharatpreet Singh (Navy) 54.70m (meet record); Vaibhav (Himachal Pradesh) 53.65m; Ravi (Rajasthan) 51.26m.

Long jump: C Tharun Vikash (Tamil Nadu) 7.70m; R Chitaranjan (Tamil Nadu) 7.64m; Sharon Jestus (Tamil Nadu) 7.55m.

Shot put: Anurag Singh Kaler (Railway) 18.33m; Atul (Reliance) 17.34m; Vishwa A (CISF) 17.20m.

Decathlon: Abhijit Bhosale (Air Force) 6,897 points; Jayesh Rathva (Gujarat) 6,613 points; Bharath Raj (Kerala) 6,577 points.

Women

400m: Ayesha Khanam (Rajasthan) 54.27 seconds; Pravalika N (Telangana) 54.46 seconds; Anchal Rani (Haryana) 54.81 seconds.

1,500m: Prachi Devkar (IOCL) 4:25.87; Rashi (Himachal Pradesh) 4:26.15; Laxita Vinod S (IOCL) 4:27.20.

10,000m: Lajo Saroj (Madhya Pradesh) 36:26.07; Aarti (Rajasthan) 36:27.54; Latika Talwar (Rajasthan) 36:27.91.

100m hurdles: Sabita Toppo (Odisha) 13.66 seconds; Shiny Gladssia (Tamil Nadu) 13.89 seconds; Namayi Ruchitha (Telangana) 14.19 seconds.

Pole vault: Nitika Anup (Madhya Pradesh) 4.15m (meet record); Vanshika Ghanghas (Madhya Pradesh) 3.80m; Bhavya Jain (NCOE Bengaluru) 3.70m.

21km half-marathon race walk: Aarti (Haryana) 1:49:52.00; Raksha Prajapat (Rajasthan) 1:51:55.00; Tanya (Delhi) 1:56:00.00.