Uttar Pradesh Javelin thrower Rishab Nehra joins 80 Metres Club.

Oct 2025 : The 25 years old javelin thrower from Uttar Pradesh Rishab Nehra was in high spirits on Tuesday as he joined the 80 Metres Club on the Final Day of the 64th National Open Athletics Championships here at Ranchi’s Birsa Munda Stadium at Moradabadi. Nehra has hurled the spear to a distance of 80.12 Metres in his third attempt which turned out to be a winning throw as other competitors in the field weren’t able to cross the 80 Metres mark.

“The domestic javelin throw in the men’s group is very competitive. I’m proud to have joined the 80m club today”, Nehra says of achieving a personal best in Ranchi. Nehra’s previous best was 77.38m achieved three years ago. It was a topsy turvy season for Nehra as he battled niggle and skipped major domestic events. However, armed with self-belief he was able to conquer a new boundary here in Ranchi. Joining the 80 Metres club has given a big boost to my confidence, he adds. “Now that I’ve achieved new heights this season, 2026 will be more exciting”, the victorious javelin thrower of UP police has asserted.

Away from the throwing arena, Asian medallist Pooja, was cut above the rest in the women’s 800m. She was a comfortable winner in the two-lap race here on Tuesday.

Men’s 100 Metres champion Manikanta Hoblidhar of SSCB and Railway Sports Control Board’s 800 Metres Gold medallist, Pooja, were declared best Male and Female athletes respectively.

As expected SSCB claimed the Men’s team trophy with 152 points while Railway collected 175 points to take home the Women’s Team trophy. Railways also won overall team championships with 274 points.

Results (Day Four) –

Men:

200 Metres: Sandeep Singh (SSCB) 20.95 Seconds, Abhin Devadiga (Railway Sports) 21.20 Seconds, Prasanna Kumar (Karnataka) 21.28 Seconds.

800 Metres: Prakash Gadade (SSCB) 1:50.01, Satyajeet Pujari (Maharashtra) 1:50.34, Basant Chauhan (Chandigarh) 1:50.48.

10,000 Metres: Prince Kumar (All India Police) 30:25.15, Abhishek Pal (Railway Sports) 30:27.83, Sawan Barwal (SSCB) 30:29.33.

400 Metres Hurdles: Ruchit Mori (Gujarat) 50.47 Seconds, Karna Bag (Railway Sports) 51.20 Seconds, Rakshith Naik (Karnataka) 51.29 Seconds.

3,000 Metres Steeple Chase: Vikram Singh (SSCB) 8:38.91 Seconds, Rohit Verma (SSCB) 8:39.69 Seconds, Raj Kumar (SSCB) 8:44.66 Seconds.

Triple Jump: Dinesh V (Tamil Nadu) 16.27 Metres, Sebastian VS (SSCB) 16.25Metres, Karthik U (SSCB) 16.07 Metres.

Javelin Throw: Rishab Nehra (Uttar Pradesh) 80.12 Metres, Uttam Patil (SSCB) 78.01 Metres, Shivam Lohakare (SSCB) 77.98 Metres.

4×400 Metres Relay: Railway Sports 3:06.35 (meet record. previous 3:06.63 by SSCB in 2015), SSCB 3:06.81, Tamil Nadu 3:09.09.

Women:

200 Metres: Sakshi Chavan (Gujarat) 23.78 Seconds, Neeru Pathak (Uttar Pradesh) 23.87 Seconds, Simran Kaur (Punjab) 24.41 Seconds.

800 Metres: Pooja (Railway Sports) 2:03.16 Seconds, Lili Das (Railway Sports) 2:04.15, Amandeep Kaur (Punjab) 2:04.78.

10,000 Metres: Ravina Gayakwad (Maharashtra) 35:30.16, Basanti Kumari (Railway Sports) 35:40.42, Soniya (Uttarakhand) 36:13.79.

400 Metres Hurdles: Olimba Steffi (Railway Sports) 58.93 Seconds, Neha Dhabale (Railway Sports) 1:00.06 Seconds, Deekshita R (Karnataka) 1:00.19 Seconds.

3,000 Metres Steeple Chase: Ankita (Railway Sports) 10:01.74, Komal Jagadale (Railway Sports) 10:14.34, Rebi Pal (Railway Sports) 10:37.26.

Hammer Throw: Tanya Chaudhary (Uttar Pradesh) 60.83 Metres, Divya Shandilya (Odisha) 57.92 Metres, Manpreet Kaur (Punjab) 56.52 Metres.

Long Jump: Bhavani Yadav (Railway Sports) 6.13 Metres, Bhairabi Roy (Railway Sports) 6.07 Metres, Sherin A (Tamil Nadu) 6.07 Metres.

Heptathlon: Anamika KA (Kerala) 5629 Points, Pooja (Railway Sports) 5358 Points, Swapna Barman (Railway Sports) 5260 Points.

4×400 Metres Relay: Railway Sports 3:39.28 Seconds, Punjab 3:41.03 Seconds, Karnataka 3:43.43 Seconds.

The next version, the 65^th National Open Athletics Championships is scheduled to be held in Kolkata, West Bengal, from September 28 to October 1, 2026, at the Sports Authority of India (SAI) Stadium. Athletics Federation of India (AFI) in collaboration with the West Bengal Athletics Association is to organise the Championship.

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