Federation Cup Athletics Highlights, Day 4: Amlan Borgohain, Jyothi Yarraji win 200m races

Federation Cup Athletics Highlights Day 4: The 26th National Federation Cup Senior Athletics Championships reach their final day on Thursday (May 18) with Asian Athletics Championships and World Athletics Championships berths up for grabs at Birsa Munda Stadium in Ranchi.

The morning session of the final session saw Gulveer Singh win the men's 5000m final after he won the 10000m final on the opening day of the tournament. The 24-year-old long-distance runner has now qualified for the Asian Athletics Championships in both events. Uttarakhand's Ankita won the women's 5000m. Scroll below for the complete schedule of the evening session.

May 18, 2023, 10:32 pm IST

Federation Cup: Heptathlon results

GOLD: SOWMIYA MURUGAN; SILVER: PURNIMA HEMBRAM; BRONZE: TANUSHREE

May 18, 2023, 10:08 pm IST

Federation Cup: Women's 400m hurdles

GOLD: R VITHYA RAMRAJ; SILVER: ARATHI R; BRONZE: ANU R

May 18, 2023, 10:04 pm IST

Federation Cup: Women's Long Jump results

GOLD: ANCY SOJAN; SILVER: KARTHIKA GOTHANDAPANI; BRONZE: NAYANA JAMES

May 18, 2023, 9:15 pm IST

Federation Cup: Women's 800m results

Delhi's Chanda put up a strong show to win women's 800m gold. She also qualified for the Asian Athletics Championships while rewriting the Federation Cup record with a timing of 2:01.79 seconds. National record holder Tintu Luka earlier held the meet record at 2:01.84 secs. Lavika Sharma (silver), Twinkle (bronze) and Pooja also qualified for the Asian Championships.

May 18, 2023, 8:30 pm IST

Federation Cup: Men's triple jump results

GOLD: ABDULLA ABOOBACKER; SILVER: KARTHIK UNNIKRISHNAN; BRONZE: MOHAMMED SALAHUDDIN

May 18, 2023, 8:26 pm IST

Federation Cup: Men's 200m final result

GOLD: AMLAN BORGOHAIN; SILVER: ANIMESH KUJUR; BRONZE: KAPIL

May 18, 2023, 8:19 pm IST

Federation Cup: Men's 800m results

GOLD: KRISHAN KUMAR; SILVER: MOHAMMED AFSAL; BRONZE: ANKESH CHAUDHARY

May 18, 2023, 8:13 pm IST

Federation Cup: Krishan Kumar wins 800m final

Haryana's Krishan Kumar clocks 1:46.83 seconds to win the men's 800m final. Krishan also breached the Asian Championships qualification mark with the timing. Mohammed Afsal (silver), Ankesh Chowdhury and Anu Kumar also finished inside the Asian Championships qualification mark.

May 18, 2023, 8:06 pm IST

Federation Cup: Abdullah Aboobacker wins men's triple jump final

CWG silver medallist Abdullah Aboobacker jumped a 16.76 metre to win the men's triple jump final. Karthik Unnikrishnan came second with a leap of 16.44m.

May 18, 2023, 7:38 pm IST

Federation Cup: Men's 400m hurdles result

GOLD: YASHAS P; SILVER: SANTHOSH T; BRONZE: JABIR MP

May 18, 2023, 7:31 pm IST

Federation Cup: Yashas stuns MP Jabir and Dharun Ayyasamy in 400m hurdles

Karnataka's Yashas P posted his personal best of 49.40 seconds to win the 400m hurdles final while competing against MP Jabir (49.99 seconds), Dharun Ayyasamy (51.42 seconds). Sathosh T, who won the heats yesterday, clocked 49.51 seconds to finish second. Yashas and Santhosh also qualified for Asian Championships.

May 18, 2023, 6:58 pm IST

Federation Cup: Rohit Yadav posts personal best to win men's javelin final

Rohit Yadav registered his personal best of 83.40m while competing against DP Manu (82.95m) to win the Federation Cup men's javelin throw final.

May 18, 2023, 6:46 pm IST

Federation Cup: Amlan Borgohain wins 200m; Animesh Kujur close second

National record holder Amlan Borgohain continued his dominance in 200m with a win at the Federation Cup. Amlan clocked 20.83 seconds early in the outdoor season to take the race. Animesh Kujur was a close second with a timing of 20.94 seconds. Complete results to follow.

May 18, 2023, 6:40 pm IST

Federation Cup: Jyothi pips Archana to finish line in 200m

Jyothi Yarraji continued her dominance in the Federation Cup as she won the 200m gold as well by defeating the race favourite Archana Suseendran with a timing of 23.42 seconds. This was also the 100m hurdler's personal best in the discipline.

May 18, 2023, 11:26 am IST

Federation Cup Live Updates

That's all from our Live coverage of the morning session. The complete result of the heptathlon will be posted after the final event later in the evening. The coverage of the evening session begins with finals of men's javelin throw, 200m events, and 400m hurdles among others in focus. Do return for the Live updates of all the action.

May 18, 2023, 11:06 am IST

Federation Cup: Women's Pole Vault Final results

GOLD: ROSY MEENA; SILVER: PAVITHRA V; BRONZE: BARANICA ELANGOVAN

May 18, 2023, 11:01 am IST

Federation Cup: Women's 5000m result

GOLD: ANKITA; SILVER: SANJIVANI JADHAV; BRONZE: SEEMA

May 18, 2023, 10:57 am IST

Federation Cup: Men's 5000m results

Gulveer Singh (gold), Abhishek Pal (silver), Harman Jot Singh (bronze), Gaurav Mathur, Gurpreet and Sandeep Singh all breached the Asian Athletics Championships qualification standard of 14.00.000 seconds.

Earlier on Day 3, Jyothi Yarraji grabbed the limelight in the women's 110m hurdles with a timing of 12.89 seconds, which was not too far behind her national record of 12.82 seconds. It was also the second quickest timing in Asia this year behind Japan's Asuka Terada, who clocked 12.86 seconds earlier this month.

Also, Tejas Shirse won the men's 110m hurdles with a timing of 13.72 seconds. The Maharashtra youngster, however, failed to breach the Asian Championships' qualification standard of 13.57 seconds. He earlier clocked 13.61 seconds in the heats.

Day 2 saw plenty of medals won too with Srabani Nanda winning the women's 100m dash while her statemate and national record holder Amiya Mallick won the men's event with a timing of 10.31 seconds. Mallick, later, pulled out of the 200m event on Day 3 due to a bad stomach.

The 400m events caught everyone's attention too as Rajesh Ramesh and Muhammad Ajmal clocked sub-46 seconds for the first time with timings of 45.75 and 45.85 seconds. They outran national record holder Muhammad Anas (46.19 seconds) and Arokia Rajiv in a close final.

On the same day, Annu Rani won the women's javelin final with little difficulty as she threw 59.24 metres in her first competition of the season. The national record holder also said she is eager to return to Germany to resume training with her coach Werner Daniels.

Federation Cup Day 4 evening schedule