Dipanshu breaches the 75m mark in javelin, takes gold

Dipanshu Sharma continued his impressive form with a personal best throw of 75.04m to take top spot in men’s javelin at the 1st Indian Open athletics meet at the War Hero Stadium here on Tuesday. It is also the third best throw in the world in Under-20 this year, behind Ewald Jansen’s two throws.

Among the women, Jyoti Rakesh finished second with a best of 51.94m, behind veteran Annu Rani, who made a last-minute entry on the morning of the competition and expectedly took top spot with a 56.43m throw.

The results: Men: 400m: 1. Prakhar Sharma (Utk, 47.81s), 2. Tarandeep Singh (Pun, 47.91s), 3. Lovepreet Singh (Pun, 48.46s); 800m: 1. Satyam Chauhan (Army, 1:56.10), 2. Akshay Chandel (UP, 1:57.72), 3. Vinay Kumar (UP, 2:00.79); 1,500m: 1. Ritesh Ohre (MP, 3:52.05), 2. Arjun Waskale (MP, 3:52.68), 3. Mukul Saini (UP, 3:57.21); 5,000m: 1. Naresh Kumar (Raj, 14:50.73), 2. Akash Ganga (UP, 15:09.65), 3. Ankit Kumar (Del, 15:26.70); 10,000m: Vinod Singh (MP, 29:42.61), Sahil Sagar (Army, 29:48.56).

Shot put: 1. Amit Kumar Singh (Army, 17.54m), 2. Varinderpal Singh (Pun, 17.43m), 3. Iqbal Singh Chahal (Pun, 17.18m); Discus: 1. Prateek Maan (Har, 50.74m), 2. Ashish Kumar (UP, 49.51m), 3. Vaibhav (HP, 47.82m); Hammer: 1. Taranveer Singh (Navy, 63.79m), 2. Gurdev Singh (Pun, 62.22m), 3. Nitish Tomar (Pun, 57.36m); Javelin: 1. Dipanshu Sharma (UP, 75.04m), 2. Rishabh Nehra (UP, 72.29m), 3. Manjinder Singh (Pun, 71.14m); High jump: 1. Gurjeet Singh (Har, 1.90m), 2. Pushpendra Kumar (Raj, 1.90m), 3. Arnav Tyagi (Army, 1.90m); Triple jump: 1. Dablu Roy (WB, 15.17m), Harpal Singh Mann (Pun, 15.12m), 3. Kuljeet Singh (Del, 15.08m).

Women: 400m: 1. Akshi Malik (Cdg, 55.72s), 2. Shivkanya Mukati (MP, 55.79s), 3. Vidhi Rawal (Jha, 56.43s); 5,000m: 1. Khushi Raghu (MP, 17:35.23); 10000m: 1. Bushra Khan (MP, 35:15.92), 2. Shivani (Utk, 38:40.65); Hammer: 1. Tanya Chaudhary (UP, 57.86m), 2. Ripudaman Kaur (Pun, 47.75m), 3. Varsha Kanpure (Mah, 44.53m); Discus: 1. Priya (Har, 48.12m), 2. Arshdeep Kaur (Pun, 45.88m), 3. Garima (RSPB, 45.69m).

High jump: 1. Sonu Kumari (Har, 1.60m); Javelin: 1. Annu Rani (UP, 56.43m), 2. Jyoti (Har, 51.94m), 3. Uma Choudhary (Raj, 50.68m); Triple jump: 1. Niharika Vashisht (Pun, 13.43m), 2. Arshdeep Kaur (12.79m), 3. Simran (Pun, 11.79m); Shot put: 1. Shiksha (Har, 15.88m), 2. Vidhi (UP, 15.01m), 3. Vanshika Shekhawat (Raj, 13.64m).