Federation Cup Athletics Highlights, Day 1: Rajesh, Aishwarya, Priya & Vithya qualify for Asian Championships

Federation Cup: Men's long jump qualification round

Men's long jump final qualifiers: MUHAMMED ANEES, DAVID P, SAMUEL R, VISHNU SIVA SANKAR, SIDDHARTH MOHAN NAIK, YUGANT SHEKHAR SINGH, MOHAMMED ASIEF.K, ADITYA KUMAR SINGH, RISHABH RISHISHWAR, DAUD KHAN, SAJAN R, MOHD IMRAN

Federation Cup: Women's 3000m steeplechase results

Medal winners: Gold- Priti Lamba (9:47.48 seconds); Silver- Bhagyashree (10:24.03 secs); Bronze- Komal Jagad (10:25.32secs) Priti Lamba also breached the qualificatio standard of Asian Athletics Championships 2023.

Federation Cup: Men's 3000m Steeplechase result

Medal winners: Gold- Md. Nur Hasan (8:30.56 seconds); Silver- Vikram Singh (8:40.20 seconds); Bronze- Sumit Kumar (8:48.49 seconds) Nur Hasan also breached the Asian Athletics Championships qualification standard of 8:30:000 seconds.

Federation Cup Live Updates

Stay tuned as men's and women's steeplechase final, men's long jump qualification round, Decathlon Day 1 results to follow next.

Federation Cup: Tajinderpal Singh Toor qualifies for Asian Athletics Championships

Shot put national record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor did enough to breach the Asian Athletics Championships qualification standard (19.00 metre) as he registered a throw of 19.70 metre. Karanveer Singh qualified as well with a throw of 19.03m.

Federation Cup: Women's 400m heat complete results

400m final qualifiers: VK VISMAYA, JISNA MATHEW, AISHWARYA KAILASH MISHRA, R VITHYA RAMRAJ, PRIYA HM, SONIA BAISHYA, FLORENCE BARLA, SUBHA VENKATESAN

Federation Cup: Aishwarya Mishra, Priya HM, Vithya qualify for Asian Athletics Championships

Runner Aishwarya Mishra clocked her season best timing of 52.85 seconds in the women's 400m semis to qualify for the Asian Athletics Championships. Vithya Ramaraj (53.32 secs) and Priya HM (53.49 secs) also qualify for the continental event in Bangkok. However, Priya HM (in photo) looked in discomfort as her right leg was taped from behind.

Federation Cup: Men's 400m semis complete results

Men's 400m final qualifiers: MIJO CHACKO, ANGREJ SINGH, RAJESH RAMESH, MUHAMMED ANAS, MUHAMMED AJMAL, AROKIA RAJIV, NIHAL JOEL, MOHIT KUMAR

Federation Cup: Men's 400m semifinals

National camper Rajesh Ramesh (46.13 seconds) clocks quicker than national record holder Muhammad Anas and meet record holder Arokia Rajiv in the men' 400m semifinal heats. Rajesh's (in photo) timing also qualified him for the Asian Athletics Championships. Complete results to follow.

Federation Cup: Women's 100m semifinals results

Women's 100m qualifiers to the final: KAVERI PATIL, NITHYA GANDHE, ARCHANA SUSEENDRAN, SRABANI NANDA, HIMANI CHANDEL, VIJAYA KUMARI, DANESHWARI A, NITHYA RAMRAJ

Federation Cup: Men's 100m semifinal complete results

Qualified for final: SADANAND KUMAR, SHASHIKANTH VIRUPAKSHAPPA, AMIYA KUMAR MALLICK, MAYMON POULOSE, PRANAV PRAMOD GURAV, DONDAPATI MRUTY JAYARAM, ELAKKIYADASAN K, GURINDERVIR SINGH

Federation Cup: Women's Hammer Throw final

Tanya Chaudhary beats favourite Sarita Singh to the gold medal in the women's hammer throw final with a slim lead of 60.54 metre. None qualified for Asian Championships with the qualification standard set at 62.03m.

Federation Cup: Men's 100m semifinals

National record holder Amiya Mallick clocks the fastest in the semifinal heats at 10.41 seconds while Maymon Poulose and Pranav Pramod were separated by thousands as they both clocked 10:46 seconds in the second heat. Complete results to follow soon

Federation Cup: Men's 100m semifinal

Men's 100m semifinal are up next with national record holder Amiya Mallick in action.

Federation Cup: Women's 100m Heats

Srabani Nanda, Archana Suseendran, Aishwarya Daneshwari, Vijaya Kumari, Himani Chandel, Nithya Ramraj S, Nithya Gandhe and Kaveri Laxmangouda qualify for the 100m finals from the three 100m heats. Archana clocked the fastest 11.55 seconds while Srabani was second quickest at 11.63 seconds. Complete results to follow soon.

Federation Cup Live

The evening session of Federation Cup Day 1 has begun with the decathlon's high jump event starting the evening session. Shot put national record holder Tajinderpal Singh Toor will be in action soon in the Shot put group A and B qualification beginning at 6:10 PM IST while Hammer throw will see tournament favourite Sarita Singh in action.

Federation Cup: Men's 1500m heat

1500m heat 1 Winner: Abhishek Singh Thakur - 3:48.47 seconds

Federation Cup: Men's 1500m heat

Things got interesting in 1500m heat 2 as Haryana's Aman finished ahead of national record holder Jinson Johnson to win the heat. Aman's timing of 3:46.04 seconds was comfortably ahead of the Asian Championships qualification standard of 3:47.84 secs. Jinson couldn't breach the mark but qualified for the next round.

Federation Cup: Men's 400m Heat 3, 4, & 5 results

Heat 3 winner: Muhammed Ajmal - 47.11 seconds; Heat 4 winner: Rajesh Ramesh 47.18 seconds; Heat 5 winner: Mohit Kumar 47.95 seconds. Also, Amoj Jacob DNF in Heat 5

Federation Cup: Men's 400m Heat 1 & 2 results

Heat 1 winner: Arokia Rajiv - 47.59 seconds Heat 2 winner: Muhammed Anas - 47.02 secs

Federation Cup: Women's 10000m complete result

Gold: Sanjivan Jadhhav - 33:32.73 seconds; Silver: Kavita Yadav - 3:34.47 seconds; Bronze: Seema - 34:43.66 secs

Federation Cup: Men's 10000m complete results

Final official results: Top 3 Gold: Gulveer Singh (UP)- 29:05:50 seconds Silver: Abhishek Pal (UP)- 29:07.11 secs Bronze: Rohit Kumar (Delhi)- 29:08.95 secs

Federation Cup: Amoj Jacob pulls out of men's 400m heat 5

BIG UPSET! Amoj Jacob of Delhi pulled out halfway through heat 5 of the men's 400m. India's 400m relay team member is often touted to be the upcoming talent of India. Arokia Rajiv and Anas, meanwhile, have qualified for the semifinals. Complete result will be updated soon.

Federation Cup: Sanjivani Jadhav wins women's 10000m gold

Sanjivani Jadhav won the 10000m gold in the second event of the opening session early in the morning with a timing of 33:32.73 seconds. The effort wasn't enough to get her Asian Championship ticket as the qualification standard is set at 33:00.000 seconds.

Maharashtra's Sanjivani Jadhav wins 10,000m gold in women’s group. She clocks 33:32.73 but misses Asian championship qualification time of 33 minutes. #FedCup athletics meet Ranchi. pic.twitter.com/ONLnOo0FTT

— Athletics Federation of India (@afiindia) May 15, 2023

Gulveer Singh breaches qualifying standard for Asian Championships

Gulveer Singh also qualified for the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 with his gold-medal winning timing as the qualifying standard was set at 29:30 seconds. Notably, 14 runners went past the qualification mark but not all of them are going to make it to the Indian squad for the continental event in Pattaya in July. Complete list to follow soon

Federation Cup: Gulveer Singh wins men's 10000m

Gulveer Singh of Uttar Pradesh won the men's 10000m with a timing of 29:05:90 seconds.

Federation Cup Live Updates

Hello and welcome to the Live coverage of Federation Cup 2023 as some of the best names of Indian athletics fight for national glory. This is your host Aditya K Halder, bringing you all the Live updates from Ranchi's Birsa Munda Stadium.