Sreeshankar, Annu Rani & Animesh Kujur Shine As Inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze in Bhubaneswar Ends On A High

Bhubaneswar, Aug 11: Bhubaneswar witnessed a thrilling evening of track and field action as some of India's top athletes delivered stellar performances at the inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze event at the Kalinga Stadium on Sunday (August 10).

In a memorable comeback season following knee surgery, Murali Sreeshankar leapt to his season-best 8.13m to clinch the men's long jump title.

Sreeshankar Annu Rani amp amp Animesh Kujur Shine As Inaugural World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze in Bhubaneswar Ends On A High

Having already jumped 8.05m in Pune last month, Sreeshankar camped in Bhubaneswar for a week to fine-tune his technique at his favourite venue. His final attempt proved to be the best of the day, following three jumps close to the 8m mark.

In the women's javelin, Annu Rani continued her fine run, throwing 62.01m to secure the title. The Asian Games gold medallist, who registered her season-best 62.59m in Poland last week, improved steadily after starting with 52.74m, hitting her winning mark in the fourth attempt and crossing 61m again later to underline her consistency.

The men's 200m witnessed an electric finish as Animesh Kujur, the national record holder with 20.32s, stormed past Korean rival Ko Seunghwan in the last 30 metres to win in 20.77s. Having withdrawn from the 100m heats earlier in the day to focus solely on his main event, Kujur's strategy paid off in front of a roaring home crowd.

Other standout performances included Abdulla Aboobacker, who beat compatriot Karthik Unnikrishnan to win the triple jump with 16.53m, and Vishal T.K., who clocked 45.72s to win the men's 400m ahead of Amoj Jacob, who registered his season-best 45.86s.

While the evening brought joy to several Indian stars, it was heartbreak for the Ramaraj sisters - Vithya was disqualified for a false start in the 400m, and Nithya fell after hitting the eighth hurdle while leading the 100m hurdles.

Full Results – World Athletics Continental Tour Bronze 2025 (Bhubaneswar)

Men's Events

Event	Gold	Performance	Silver	Performance	Bronze	Performance
100m	Muhammad Azeem Bin Mohd. Fahmi (MAS)	10.35	Chamod Yodhasinghe (SRI)	10.43	Danish Iftikhar Muhammas Roslee (MAS)	10.50
200m	Animesh Kujur (IND)	20.77	Ko Seunghwan (KOR)	20.95	G. Ragul Kumar (IND)	21.17
400m	Vishal T.K. (IND)	45.72	Amoj Jacob (IND)	45.86	T. Santhosh Kumar (IND)	46.89
800m	Mohammed Afsal (IND)	1:46.60	Prakash Gadade (IND)	1:47.14	Krishan Kumar (IND)	1:48.00
5000m	Waberi Houssein (DJI)	14:05.36	Abhishek Pal (IND)	14:10.60	Sawan Barwal (IND)	14:13.41
4x400m Relay	Sri Lanka	3:08.22	India	3:08.37	Iraq	3:08.74
Long Jump	Murali Sreeshankar (IND)	8.13m	Shahnavaz Khan (IND)	8.04m	Lokesh Sathyanathan (IND)	7.85m
Triple Jump	Abdulla Aboobacker (IND)	16.53m	Karthik Unnikrishnan (IND)	16.42m	Gailey V. (IND)	16.26m
Javelin	Rumesh Tharanga (SRI)	86.50m	Shivam Lohakare (IND)	80.73m	Sumedha Ranasinghe (SRI)	80.65m

Women's Events

Event	Gold	Performance	Silver	Performance	Bronze	Performance
100m	Abinaya Rajarajan (IND)	11.57	S.S. Sneha (IND)	11.70	Nithya Gandhe (IND)	11.70
200m	Angel Silvia (IND)	23.95	Nithya Gandhe (IND)	24.11	Unnathi Aiyappa (IND)	24.56
400m	G.G. Vijayakumari (IND)	53.40	Devyaniba Zala (IND)	53.87	Louise Evans (GBR)	54.28
800m	Amandeep Kaur (IND)	2:04.31	Huidrom Bhumeshwory (IND)	2:06.96	Thota Sankeertana (IND)	2:07.17
1500m	Pooja (IND)	4:15.13	Lili Das (IND)	4:17.66	Amandeep Kaur (IND)	4:27.14
100m Hurdles	Pragyan Prasanti Sahu (IND)	13.74	Nandhini Kongan (IND)	13.80	C. Anjali (IND)	14.00
Long Jump	Shaili Singh (IND)	6.28m	Bhavani Yadav (IND)	6.13m	Sandra Babu (IND)	6.10m
Javelin	Annu Rani (IND)	62.01m	Hatarabag Lekamalage (SRI)	56.27m	Deepika (IND)	54.20m

The event marked a strong start for Bhubaneswar's journey in hosting top-tier athletics competitions, with Indian athletes showcasing their growing stature on the world stage.