Tanya, Nirbhay shatter hammer throw National Records as Asian Games-bound athletes give one last test

Tanya Chaudhary clinched women’s hammer throw gold with a best effort of 68.35m, setting a new National Record, during the Indian Athletics Final Series at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday. | Photo Credit: RV MOORTHY

Even as the biggest names in Indian track and field turned out to test themselves one last time before setting forth for the Asian Games, Tanya Chaudhary forced the spotlight on herself at the Indian Athletics Final Series at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi on Thursday.

Aichi-Nagoya bound Tanya took gold with a best throw of 68.35m for a new national record while 18-year-old Anushka Yadav, who became the youngest national record holder two months back with a 67.02m effort, took silver with 66.34m.

Sadly, there were barely any witnesses to the special occasion as the event was held in the warm-up field of play outside the main ground. “I was confident because even though it was not officially ratified, I threw beyond 67m at the Inter-University Games. I have been chasing this record for the last three years, so it feels really good. We have been focussing only on the technical aspects of the throw in training, not as much on power,” Tanya said after the win.

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“The target now is to go even better and not go below this at the Asian Games. My target for this year was to manage the 70m mark and the momentum is building towards it,” she added.

The men’s event also saw a new national record being set, Delhi’s Nirbhay Choudhary bettering the decade-old mark of Neeraj Kumar with a best throw of 71.02m to go past the Asiad-bound Damneet Singh.

Animesh Kujur (centre) achieved the sprint double. | Photo Credit: RV MOORTHY

Meanwhile on the track, Animesh Kujur sprinted to victory in 10.21 seconds, ahead of Gurindervir Singh (10.32s) and Rushiprasad Singh (10.33s) while Harita Bhadra, who will be representing India in the 200m, took top spot among women in 11.22 seconds. “This was my last 100m event for this season and I wanted to do my best, the target now is to medal at the Asian Games,” Harita said. Animesh completed a 100-200 double late in the night, winning the latter in 20.59s.

Vishal T.K. expectedly won the packed 400m in 45.36s followed by Jay Kumar and Manu TS but more interestingly, six of the eight runners clocked under 46 seconds.

Avinash Sable, returning to 3000, steeplechase after almost a year and half, proved he still had no competition, winning more than 18 seconds ahead of second-placed Shubham Bhandare. The top finishers all received Rs. 1 lakh prize money.

RESULTS

Men

100m: 1. Animesh Kujur (10.21s), 2. Gurindervir Singh (10.32s), Rushiprasad Singh (10.33s); 200m: 1. Animesh Kujur (20.59s), 2. Jishnu Prasad (20.63s), 3. Abhay Singh (21.04s); 400m: 1. Vishal T.K. (45.36s), 2. Jay Kumar (45.50s), 3. Manu T.S. (45.68s); 800m: 1. Mohd. Afsal (1:46.40), 2. Prakash Gadade (1:46.56), 3. Krishan Kumar (1:46.73); 1500m: 1. Rahul Baloda (3:39.89), 2. Yoonus Shah (3:40.37), 3. Sunil Dawar (3:43.68); 110mH: 1. Krishik Manjunath (13.65s), 2. Muhd. Lazan VK (13.84s), 3. Manav Rajanarayana (13.85s); 400mH: 1. Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan (50.08s), 2. Ruchit Mori (50.61s), 3. Subhas Das (50.73s); 3000mSC: 1. Avinash Sable (8:32.39), 2. Shubham Bhadare (8:50.31), 3. Vikash Dalal (8:50.43)

Long Jump: 1. Mohd Sazid Atta (8.01m). 2. Arya S (7.90m), 3. Sarun Payasingh (7.61m); Triple Jump: 1. Karthik Unnikrishnan (16.43m), 2. Gailey Venister (16.04m), 3. Vishal Bahadur (15.85m); High Jump: 1. Aadarsh Ram (2.18m), 2. Aaditya Raghuvanshi (2.15m), 3. Basant (2.15m); Javelin Throw: 1. Rohit Yadav (81.10m), 2. Manoj Kumar J (80.73m), 3. Yashvir Singh (80.40m); Hammer Throw: 1. Nirbhay Choudhary (71.02m), 2. Damneet Singh (68.12m), 3. Ashish Jakhar (67.51m); Shot Put: 1. Tajinderpal Singh Toor (20.64m), 2. Samardeep Singh Gill (19.59m), 3. Karanveer Singh (19.51m); Pole Vault: 1. Dev Meena (5.40m), 2. Reegan G (5.30m), 3. Ramratan (5.10m).

Women

100m: 1. Harita Bhadra (11.22s), 2. Abinaya Rajarajan (11.31s), 3. Giridharani Ravikumar (11.35s); 400m: 1. Aishwarya Mishra (52.51s), 2. Prachi (52.75s), 3. M.R. Poovamma (52.76s); 800m: 1. Lili Das (2:03.41), 2. Pooja (2:04.02), 3. Gowthami Jayaraman (2:05.63); 1500m: 1. Thota Sankeerthana (4:37.95), 2. Nikita Sharma (4:38.62), 3. Pragati (4:39.88); 100mH: 1. Nandhini Kongan (13.30s), 2. Anjali C (13.33s), 3. Pragyan Sah (13.37s); 400mH: 1. Anu Raghavan (57.23s), 2. Sinchal Kaveramma (59.91s), 3. Tanu Chaudhary (1:01.47); 3000mSC: 1. Parul Chaudhary (9:22.49), 2. Prachi Devkar (10:28.35), 3. Susmita Tigga (10:33.94)

Long Jump: 1. Ancy Sojan (6.76m), 2. Shaili Singh (6.65m), 3. Bhavani Yadav (6.42m); Triple Jump: 1. Asha Ilango (13.76m), 2. Niharika Vashisht (13.24m), 3. Bhairabi Roy (13.06m); High Jump: 1. Pooja Singh (1.81m), 2. Reet Rathor (1.81m), 3. Supriya SB (1.78m); Javelin Throw: 1. Annu Rani (57.50m), 2. Rashmi K (57.22m), 3. Uma Choudhary (52.89m); Hammer Throw: 1. Tanya Chaudhary (68.35m), 2. Anushka Yadav (66.34m), 3. Kulvinder Kaur (59.13m); Discus Throw: 1. Seema Kaliramana (56.52m), 2. Priya (54.82m), 3. Nidhi Rani (54.16m); Shot Put: 1. Manpreet Kaur (17.19m), 2. Krishna Jayasankar (16.61m), 3. Srishti Vig (15.99m); Pole Vault: 1. Nitika Akare (4.10m), 2. Baranica Elangovan (4.10m), 3. Karthika V (4.10m).

Published on Sep 10, 2026

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