Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025 Punjab: Annu Rani wins women's javelin throw event

Two-time Olympian Annu Rani won the gold medal at the Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025 in Punjab on Tuesday, April 1. India's top-ranked and only javelin thrower to breach the 60m mark, Annu registered a best throw of 56.43m to finish first.

Haryana's Jyoti and Rajasthan's Uma Choudhary finished second and third in the women's javelin throw event with throws of 51.94m and 50.68m, respectively.

Punjab's jumpers secured the top three spots in the women's triple jump event. Niharika Vashisht (13.43m), Arshdeep Kaur (12.79m), and Simran (11.79m) finished on the podium.

Athletes from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh were among the top performers in the one-day event that took place at the War Heroes Stadium in Sangrur.

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Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025 Punjab: Results (Only Final)

Men's 10,000m

1. Vinod Singh (Madhya Pradesh) - 29:42.61s
2. Sahil Sagar (Army) - 29:48.56s

Women's 10,000m

1. Bushra Khan Gaur (Madhya Pradesh) - 35:15.92s
2. Shivani (Uttarakhand) - 38:40.65s

Men's 1500m

1. Ritesh Ohre (Madhya Pradesh) - 3:52.05s
2. Arjun Waskale (Madhya Pradesh) - 3:52.68s
3. Mukul Saini (Uttar Pradesh) - 3:57.21s

Men's Hammer Throw

1. Taranveer Singh (Navy) - 63.79m
2. Gurdev Singh (Punjab) - 62.22m
3. Nitish Tomar (Punajb) - 57.36s

Men's High Jump

1. Gurjeet Singh (Haryana) - 1.90m
2. Pushpendra Kumar (Rajasthan) - 1.90m
3. Arnav Tyagi (Army) - 1.90m

Women's Hammer Throw

1. Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) - 57.86m
2. Ripudaman Kaur (Punjab) - 47.65m
3. Varsha Kanpure (Maharashtra) - 44.53m

Men's Discus Throw

1. Prateek Maan (Haryana) - 50.74m
2. Ashish Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) - 49.51m
3. Vaibhav (Himachal Pradesh) - 47.82m

Men's Shot Put

1. Amit Kumar Singh (Army) - 17.54m
2. Varinderpal Singh (Punjab) - 17.43m
3. Iqbal Singh (Punjab) - 17.18m

Women's Triple Jump

1. Niharika Vashisht (Punjab) - 13.43m
2. Arshdeep Kaur (Punjab) - 12.79m
3. Simran (Punjab) - 11.79m

Men's Javelin Throw

1. Dipanshu Sharma (Uttar Pradesh) - 75.04m
2. Rishabh Nehra (Uttar Pradesh) - 72.29m
3. Manjinder Singh (Punjab) - 71.14m

Men's 400m

1. Prakhar Sharma (Uttarakhand) - 47.81s
2. Tarandeep Singh (Punjab) - 47.91s
3. Lovepreet Singh (Punjab) - 48.46s

Women's 400m

1. Akshi Malik (Chandigarh) - 55.72s
2. Shivkanya Mukati (Madhya Pradesh) - 55.79s
3. Vidhi Rawal (Jharkhand) - 56.43s

Women's Shot Put

1. Shiksha (Haryana) - 15.88m
2. Vidhi (Uttar Pradesh) - 15.01m
3. Vanshika Shekhwat (Rajasthan) - 13.64m

Men's Triple Jump

1. Dablu Roy (West Bengal) - 15.17m
2. Harpal Singh Mann (Punjab) - 15.12m
3. Kuljeet Singh (Delhi) - 15.08m

Men's 800m

1. Satyam Chauhan (Army) - 1:56.10s
2. Akshay Chandel (Uttar Pradesh) - 1:57.72s
3. Vinay Kumar (Uttar Pradesh) - 2:00.79s

Women's Javelin Throw

1. Annu Rani (Uttar Pradesh) - 56.43m
2. Jyoti (Haryana) - 51.94m
3. Uma Choudhary (Rajasthan) - 50.68m