Indian athlete DP Manu clinched the gold medal in the men’s javelin throw event at the Taiwan Athletics Open 2024 tournament in Chinese Taipei on Saturday.

• An Asian Athletics Championships silver medallist, DP Manu recorded a distance of 81.58m on his last attempt in the javelin throw final to take the top spot on the podium.
• Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Chao-tsun, who holds the Asian record of 91.36m, won the silver with a best effort of 76.21m while his compatriot Huang Chao-hung settled for bronze with 71.24m.
• The Taiwan Athletics Open is a World Athletics Continental Tour bronze-level meet.