Top five players to watch out for at Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025

Tejaswin Shankar and Tajinderpal Singh Toor are among big names will be in action.

The Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025 will take place at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Saturday, June 28. The one-day event will consist of 26 medal events, including 12 in the women’s category and 14 in the men’s category.

Several big names in the Indian athletics circuit are expected to take the field on Saturday. On that note, let’s take a look at the top five players to watch out for at the Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025:

Players to watch in Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025

Tejaswin Shankar

Tejaswin Shankar will compete in two disciplines in the upcoming Indian Open Athletics 2025 meet in Bengaluru. He will be in action in the men’s high jump final, which is his primary event, where he holds the national record of 2.29m set in 2018. Tejaswin will start the event as the favourite, with Maharashtra’s Sarvesh Anil Kushare giving him a tough fight in the competition.

Additionally, the 26-year-old athlete will compete in the men’s 110m hurdles event. He previously competed overseas but will play his first 110m hurdles in India.

Mohammed Afsal P

National record holder in men’s 800m Mohammed Afsal P has been in great form, having set a new national record of 1:45.61 seconds in Dubai last month. He is the favourite to clinch the gold medal in the men’s 800m race and will look to clock a good time in Bengaluru.

Considering his recent performance, Afsal is surely a player to watch out for in the Indian Open Athletics Meet on Saturday.

Nithya Gandhe

Nithya Gandhe will represent Telangana in the women’s 100m and 200m races at the Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025. She was a member of India’s silver-medal-winning team in the 4x100m relay at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025.

Nithya has a season best of 11.41 seconds in the 100m set during the Indian Grand Prix 1 in Bengaluru. In the 200m event, she has a best of 23.36 seconds recorded at the same event. The Indian athlete will look to better the timing and get closer to breaking the national record later this year.

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Tajinderpal Singh Toor

Tajinderpal Singh Toor began his 2025 season at the National Games 2025 in Uttarakhand. He finished the event with a 19.74m throw. With the Indian shot putter carrying ample experience on his back, he is expected to put up a show in Bengaluru and is among the players to watch out for in the tournament

Tajinderpal holds the national record in the men’s shot put with a throw of 21.77m, set two years ago in June.

Rajesh Ramesh

Rajesh Ramesh will compete in the men’s 400m race on June 28 in Bengaluru. He was part of India’s 4x400m relay team that qualified for the final at the Athletics World Championships in 2023. Rajesh has a season best of 45.77 seconds, which he clocked at the Indian Grand Prix 2 in Trivandrum last month. He will have his eyes set on the six-year-old national record of 45.21 seconds held by Muhammed Anas Yahiya.

Rajesh’s teammate from the 4x400m relay at 2023 World Championships, Amoj Jacob, is expected to give him a tough fight for the gold medal at the Indian Open Athletics Meet 2025.

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