Hello & Welcome to our coverage of the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025.
A large 34 member contingent is participating at the event which is over two days. You can also follow the same on IndiaSportHub Application
Here are all the details of the squad and the time of the event. YouTube Live Streaming Link
6:20pm | Awesome performance by the Indian men’s 4*100 quartet of Gurindervir, Animesh, Manikanta and Amlan as they clock their 2nd best time of 38.75s. Start was good from Guri, Kujur’s 2nd leg was nice but Manikanta was fantastic and so was Amlan
Gurvinder, Animesh, Manikanta, Amlan clocked 38.75s, just shy of NR 38.69s to victory
5:55pm | A good performance by the Indian 4*100 women’s team, despite a couple of not so clean baton exchanges(2nd & 3rd exchange), as they clock 44.07s to create a MR at the WACT🥉meet in Taipei! Just outside of their 43.86s they clocked in Gumi!
The poor exchange between Sneha and Abinaya. The exchange b/w Abinaya and Nithya too was a little sluggish.
Despite some poor baton exchanges, Sudheeksha, Sneha, Abhinaya, Nithya clocked a fantastic 44.07s setting a new Meet record!
4:18 pm | Tejas Shirse clocks 13.52s, career 2nd best timing (behind NR 13.41s), Gains crucial ranking points for Worlds Qualification, Well done Tejas Shirse
4:05pm | Jyothi Yarraji runs 12.99s race to win gold What a fabulous run and recovery mid race. Jyothi Yarraji prevails and conquers Taipei city with her top end speed that she unleashed after the 7th hurdle yet again like she did in Gumi.. Ckocks 12.99s to win a tough 100mH final at the WACT🥉meet in Taipei!
Brilliant run, Jyothi
3:20pm | Abdulla Aboobacker Wins Gold Medal
He leapt 16.21m in his 3rd attempt to clinch, the only athlete to cross the 16m mark today! the result brings crucial World Ranking points for qualification!
Season Best: 17.19m (=PB)
Today’s Series: 15.80, 15.97, 16.21, X, 15.33, 15.81
2:50pm : GOLD & Championship record for Pooja in Women’s 1500m at Taiwan Athletics Open 2025! India’s rising middle-distance star clocked 4:11.63s to win Gold Medal and set a new Championships Record! 🔥 The 22-year-old continues her medal spree after Silver (1500m) & Bronze (800m) at Asian Athletics 2025
12:35pm : Tejas comes, runs, hurdles and is the fastest in his heat. 13.62s and is into finals, he has a personal best of 13.41s which is also the National Record. Can he try better that in evening.
12:15pm : Tejas is in the Heat 2 of 110m Hurdles and the 2 fastest each heat plus 2 fastest losers across hears with make it to the finals at 4:10pm today.
12:05pm : Pragyan is in the third heat it seems with two fastest from each heat and two fastest losers to enter the final. It seems Pragyan is not participating here. Next we look forward to Tejas Shirse.
12:00pm : First glimpse of Jyothi Yarraji and she looks troubled with the heavy rainfall. This is some really crazy rains, as Jyothi on 5th lane along with 5 other athletes start the run, not the best of the start but Jyothi finishes first possibly with 13.20 and easily makes it to the final. Its 13.18s easy for the finals.
11:45am : All set and looking forward to Jyothi Yarraji & Pragyan Sahu sizzle on the track. It seems to be raining at the moment but we do think the races will go as planned as the athletes are on the track. Genuinely Good quality coverage on YouTube.
Taiwan Athletics Open Schedule for today is
Saturday, June 7
- 12:00 PM – Women’s 100m Hurdles (Heats): Jyothi Yarraji, Pragyan Sahu
- 12:25 PM – Men’s 110m Hurdles (Heats): Tejas Shirse
- 2:00 PM – Men’s Triple Jump Final: Abdulla Aboobacker
- 2:25 PM – Women’s 1500m Final: Pooja
- 4:00 PM – Women’s 100m Hurdles Final: Jyothi Yarraji, Pragyan Sahu (Subject to qualification)
- 4:10 PM – Men’s 110m Hurdles Final: Tejas Shirse (Subject to qualification)
- 5:50 PM – Women’s 4×100m Relay Final: India
- 6:05 PM – Men’s 4×100m Relay Final: India
