Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale (left) and Prachi Ankush Devkar. Portraits cropped from SAI Bengaluru’s competition graphics. Images: SAI Bengaluru.
Bengaluru: Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale and Prachi Ankush Devkar won two gold medals each as SAI Bengaluru highlighted its athletes’ performances at the 6th Indian Open U23 Athletics Competition 2026.
Bhosale’s 10,000m victory came in 29:34.52, marked as a meet record in the centre’s result graphic. He also won the 5,000m in 14:07.77. Devkar took gold in the 1,500m in 4:25.87 and the 3,000m steeplechase in 10:26.21.
Gold medals across track and jumps
The three result updates shared by SAI Bengaluru listed eight gold, four silver and two bronze medals across 12 athletes. These are the performances featured in those updates, rather than a separately verified overall team tally.
Alongside the two double-gold winners, Sonam Parmar won the 5,000m in 17:03.41, while C. Tharun Vikash took long-jump gold with 7.70m. Yuvaraj K won the triple jump with 15.64m, and Prateeksha Yadav was listed first in the 800m in 2:06.92.
Silver medals and close 5,000m finish
Sunita Devi’s silver-medal time in the 5,000m was 17:03.43—just two-hundredths of a second behind the winning time listed for Parmar.
Pradeep Kumar took triple-jump silver with 15.51m. Jomon Joy’s high-jump silver came with 2.10m, and Shyam Milan Bind won 800m silver in 1:50.62.
Bronze for Sudheeksha and Bhavya
Sudheeksha V secured 100m bronze in 11.82 seconds, while Bhavya Jain took pole-vault bronze with 3.70m.
SAI Bengaluru’s graphics identify the centre as the athletes’ training base. The centre praised their hard work, determination and competitive spirit in its congratulatory messages.
Additional original result posts: 8:37 PM update and 8:38 PM update.
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