The National Open Athletics Championships 2026 was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in New Delhi from October 8 to 11, featuring 48 finals across four days.
The 65th edition of the championships saw several members of India’s Asian Games 2026 athletics contingent in action, including medallists from Aichi-Nagoya.
Asian Games bronze medallists Manpreet Kaur and Baranica Elangovan continued their winning form by claiming national titles in the women’s shot put and pole vault, respectively.
Six medals were awarded in the women’s pole vault as the bronze was shared by four athletes, all of whom cleared 3.80m for third place. Baranica was the only athlete to clear four metres.
Several other Asian Games participants also topped the podium in New Delhi.
Kuldeep Kumar won the men’s pole vault, while Asha Ilango claimed the women’s triple jump title.
Karanveer Singh, who represented India in the men’s shot put in Aichi-Nagoya, won his event and Anushka Yadav took the women’s hammer throw title.
Pooja, another member of India’s Asian Games squad, won the women’s heptathlon, ahead of Anamika KA.
Ankita Dhyani completed a double, winning the women’s 1500m before claiming the 3000m steeplechase title with a meet-record.
Among the other notable performers, Commonwealth Games bronze medallist Seema Kaliramna won the women’s discus throw.
Shaili Singh secured silver in the long jump, narrowly missing out on gold to Mubassina Mohammed. Shaili also finished third in the women’s triple jump.
In the javelin throw events, Aditya won the men’s title with a best effort of 79.40m while Ramyashree Jain claimed the women’s crown with an effort of 56.63m.
The championships concluded on Sunday with the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay titles going to Railway Sports.
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