Under a gloomy sky and stormy weather in Taiwan, Indian athletes lit up Day 1 of the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 (a Bronze-level Continental Tour event).
At the Taiwan Municipal Athletics Stadium, India began its campaign in dominant fashion right from the heats. On Saturday, Indian athletes competed in six events and clinched gold medals in all six, showcasing sheer dominance on the opening day of the tournament.
India’s campaign got off to a golden start from Pooja. She delivered a stellar performance in the women’s 1500m, clinching gold with an impressive time of 4:11.65. Pooja continues with her sensational form, having bagged a silver in the 1500m and a bronze in the 800m at the Asian Athletics Championships last week.
Jyothi Yarraji gave a golden finish in women’s 100m Hurdles. Despite a slow start, she picked up pace after the fourth hurdle and stormed to victory with an impressive time of 12.99s, clinching the gold medal. This was Jyothi’s second sub-13 performance of the season. She carried her fine form from last week, where she also struck gold at the Asian Athletics Championships.
At the men’s 110m Hurdles, Tejas Shirse delivered a powerful performance to win the gold medal with a season best timing of 13.52s. After missing the Asian Championships due to qualification standards, Tejas made a strong comeback, blazing the track in a dominant fashion.
Abdulla Aboobackar clinched the gold medal in triple jump with a leap of 16.21m which he achieved in his third attempt . He completely dominated the competition as except him no one crossed the 16m mark.
The women’s 4×100m relay team comprising Sudheeksha, Abhinaya Rajarajan, Sneha S.S. and Nithya Gandhe delivered a commanding performance to clinch gold with a strong timing of 44.07 seconds. The Indian quartet comfortably finished ahead of the Vietnamese team.
In the men’s 4×100m relay, the Indian quartet of Gurvindervir, Animesh, Manikanta and Amlan delivered an outstanding display of teamwork. They stormed to gold with a timing of 38.75 seconds – the second-fastest time ever recorded by an Indian team.
8 June – Day 2 Full Schedule.
- 12:00 PM – Women’s 400m Hurdles Heats – Vithya Ramraj
- 12:30 PM – Men’s 400m Hurdles Heats Yashas Palaksha
- 1:00 PM – Women’s 800m Heats – Pooja, Twinkle Chaudhary
- 1:15 PM – Men’s 800m Heats Mohammed Afsal, Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar
- 2:00 PM – Men’s Javelin Throw Final – Rohit Yadav
- 3:00 PM – Women’s 400m Hurdles Final – Vithya Ramraj (If Qualified )
- 3:15 PM – Men’s 400m Hurdles Final – Yashas Palaksha (If Qualified )
- 3:35 PM – Women’s Long Jump Final – Shaili Singh & Ancy Sojan
- 3:45 PM – Women’s 800m Final – Pooja, & Twinkle Chaudhary (If Qualified)
- 3:55 PM – Men’s 800m Final – Mohammed Afsal, Anu Kumar & Krishan Kumar (If Qualified )
- 4:00 PM – Women’s Javelin Throw Final – Annu Rani
- 5:30 PM – Men’s 4x400m Relay Final