{"id":266934,"date":"2026-10-11T16:12:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/11\/national-open-ankita-and-venkatram-set-meet-records\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T16:12:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T16:12:07","slug":"national-open-ankita-and-venkatram-set-meet-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/11\/national-open-ankita-and-venkatram-set-meet-records\/","title":{"rendered":"National Open | Ankita\u00a0and\u00a0Venkatram\u00a0set\u00a0meet records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"schemaDiv\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p> Ankita\u00a0took off almost four seconds for a new meet record in the women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase on the fourth and final day at the 65th\u00a0National Open Athletics Championships,\u00a0one of the two new meet records set at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old\u00a0Ankita, representing Railways Sports Promotion Board, clocked 9:34.86 to better Lalita\u00a0Babar\u2019s\u00a011-year-old record set in 2015. On the men\u2019s side, All India Police Sports Control Board\u2019s\u00a0Jishnu\u00a0Prasad\u00a0P.K. ran a personal best timing of 20.62 seconds to win the 200m ahead\u00a0of Abhin Devadiga.<\/p>\n<p>While there were only two meet records, there were plenty of athletes setting new personal best timings and distances across track and field.<\/p>\n<p>The talented 21-year-old\u00a0Mogali\u00a0Venkatram\u00a0Reddy, the 2025 junior National champion, added the senior title to his belt in the men\u2019s 800m, completing in a personal best time of 1:47.01 for a new meet record even as reigning National record holder\u00a0Mohd.\u00a0Afsal\u00a0pulled out midway.<\/p>\n<p>Gujarat\u2019s\u00a0Murad\u00a0Sirman, representing Services, broke the 50-seconds barrier for the first time ever, clocking 49.86s in the 400m hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>In the morning session,\u00a0Sandeep\u00a0Kumar won the marathon race walk while\u00a0Ramandeep\u00a0Kaur took the top spot among the women in a race that had only five entries\u00a0\u2014 with two did not completing the race, leaving the only three competitors to finish to be the medallists.<\/p>\n<p><b>The results (Day 4):\u00a0Men: 200m:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Jishnu\u00a0Prasad PK (AIPSCB, 20.62s), 2.\u00a0Abhin\u00a0Devadiga\u00a0(RSPB, 20.91s), 3.\u00a0Adesh\u00a0Garsa\u00a0(Raj, 20.96s);\u00a0<b>800m:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Mogali\u00a0Venkatram\u00a0Reddy (AP, 1:47.01), 2.\u00a0Aman\u00a0Kumar (SSCB, 1:47.33), 3.\u00a0Anant\u00a0Gautam\u00a0(Del, 1:48.03);\u00a0<b>400m hurdles:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Murad\u00a0Sirman\u00a0(SSCB, 49.86s), 2. Shakti Singh (SSCB, 50.13s), 3. Aryan\u00a0Kashyap\u00a0(Kar, 50.38s);\u00a0<b>3000m Steeplechase:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Sharukh\u00a0Khan (RSPB, 8:30.54), 2. Price Raj\u00a0Mishra\u00a0(RSPB, 8:31.38), 3.\u00a0Sumit\u00a0Rathee\u00a0(ONGC, 8:36.17);\u00a0<b>4x400m relay:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0RSPB\u00a0(3:06.36), 2.\u00a0SSCB\u00a0(3:06.59), 3. Tamil Nadu (3:08.29);\u00a0<b>Marathon race walk:<\/b>1.\u00a0Sadeep\u00a0Kumar (Har, 3:19.52), 2.\u00a0Vishvendra\u00a0Singh (MP, 3:21.11), 3.\u00a0Resham\u00a0Midhun\u00a0(SSCB, 3:22.46);\u00a0<b>Long Jump:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Mohd.\u00a0Sazid\u00a0(7.99m), 2.\u00a0Sarun\u00a0Payasingh\u00a0(Odi, 7.79m), 3. Sunny (Bih, 7.65m);\u00a0<b>Javelin:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Aditya\u00a0(Har, 79.40m), 2. Anand Singh (SSCB, 77.77m), 3.\u00a0Arshdeep\u00a0Singh (RSPB, 77.56m).<\/p>\n<p><b>Women: 200m:\u00a0<\/b>1. Priyanka\u00a0Sikarwar\u00a0(AIPSCB, 23.68s), 2.\u00a0Parthipa\u00a0Selvaraj\u00a0(TN, 24.09s), 3.\u00a0Samriti\u00a0Jamwal\u00a0(HP, 24.14s);\u00a0<b>800m:\u00a0<\/b>1. Lili\u00a0Das\u00a0(RSPB, 2:05.37), 2.\u00a0Kavitha\u00a0V (TN, 2:05,58), 3.\u00a0Thota\u00a0Sankeertana\u00a0(Chg, 2:05.70);\u00a0<b>400m hurdles:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Sinchal\u00a0(RSPB, 58.40s), 2.\u00a0Harshita\u00a0R (TN, 59.51s), 3.\u00a0Deekshita\u00a0Gowda\u00a0(Kar, 59.57s);\u00a0<b>3000m steeplechase<\/b>: 1.\u00a0Ankita\u00a0(RSPB, 9:34.86), 2.\u00a0Vandana\u00a0Mori\u00a0(Guj, 10:00.02), 3.\u00a0Komal\u00a0Jagdale\u00a0(RSPB, 10:05.34);\u00a0<b>4x400m relay:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0RSPB\u00a0(3:38.40), 2. Haryana (3:40.29), 3. Tamil Nadu (3:43.99);\u00a0<b>Marathon race walk:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Ramandeep\u00a0Kaur (RSPB, 3:59.23), 2.\u00a0Sonal\u00a0Sukhwal\u00a0(Raj, 4:16.06), 3. Deepika Sharma (Raj, 4:22.55);\u00a0<b>High jump:<\/b>\u00a01.\u00a0Reet\u00a0Rathore\u00a0(UP, 1.78m), 2.\u00a0Abhinaya\u00a0Shetty\u00a0(Kar, 1.73m), 3.\u00a0Pallavi\u00a0Patil\u00a0(Kar),\u00a0Manshi\u00a0(RSPB),\u00a0Kevina\u00a0Annavi\u00a0(TN) all 1.73m;\u00a0<b>Heptathlon:\u00a0<\/b>1. Pooja (RSPB, 5468\u00a0pts), 2.\u00a0Anamika\u00a0K.A. (RSPB, 5334\u00a0pts), 3.\u00a0Mubassina\u00a0Mohd. (ONGC, 5265\u00a0pts).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published <span>&#8211; October 11, 2026 09:36 pm IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/national-open-ankitaandvenkatramsetmeet-records\/article71572455.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ankita\u00a0took off almost four seconds for a new meet record in the women\u2019s 3000m steeplechase on the fourth and final day at the 65th\u00a0National Open Athletics Championships,\u00a0one of the two new meet records set at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Sunday. The 24-year-old\u00a0Ankita, representing Railways Sports Promotion Board, clocked 9:34.86 to better Lalita\u00a0Babar\u2019s\u00a011-year-old record set [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":266935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6802],"tags":[33511],"class_list":{"0":"post-266934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-athetics","8":"tag-national-open-athletics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}