Asian Athletics Championships: India end third behind China and Japan with 27 medals

By Press Trust of India: Unheralded Abha Khatua equalled shot put nationwide document whereas ending second in a shock efficiency whereas Jyothi Yarraji and Parul Chaudhary clinched their second medals — each silver — as India ended their marketing campaign with 27 medals on the Asian Athletics Championships marketing campaign on the third spot in Thailand..

The 28-year-old Khatua made an enormous enchancment of practically a metre — 93 cm — from her earlier lifetime better of 17.13m as she despatched the 4kg iron ball to a distance of 18.06m in her fourth throw to complete second behind Song Jiayuan (18.88m) of China. Her second-best throw of the day was 17.10m.

Veteran Manpreet Kaur, whose nationwide document Khatua equalled on Sunday, took the bronze with a first-round throw of 17m.

Apart from six gold medals, India additionally gained 12 silver and 9 bronze medals. India gained 13 medals on the ultimate day of the championship which included eight silver and 5 bronze medals.

Japan completed on high with 37 medals, together with 16 Gold medals, whereas China completed second with 22 medals, together with 8 Gold Medals.

In different occasions, 23-year-old Yarraji, who had turn out to be the primary Indian to win a 100m hurdles gold within the Asian Championships on Thursday, added a 200m silver to her kitty on Sunday.

She clocked a private finest time of 23.13 seconds to complete second behind Veronica Shanti Pereira (22.70) of Singapore within the closing.

Yarraji’s earlier private finest was the 23.29 seconds which she had clocked within the semifinals. She had gained gold within the Federation Cup in May in 23.42.

GOLD MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Jyothi Yarraji – Women’s 100m hurdles
Abdulla Booobacker – Men’s triple leap
Parul Chaudhary – Women’s 3000m
Ajay Kumar Saroj – Men’s 1500m
Tajinderpal Singh Toor – Men’s shot put
Mixed 4x400m relay crew

Ace Indian long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary additionally gained her second medal of the championships with a silver in 5000m. Chaudhary, who had gained gold in 3000m steeplechase on Friday, clocked 15 minute 52.35 seconds to complete second behind Yuma Yamamoto (15:51.16) of Japan within the 5000m closing.

The 28-year-old Chaudhary holds the 5000m nationwide document of 15:10.35.

Ankita gained the bronze in 16:03.33 as India secured two medals from the occasion.

Gulveer Singh picked up a bronze within the males’s 5000m race with a time of 13 minute and 48.33 seconds.

DP MANU WINS JAVELIN SILVER

In males’s javelin throw, DP Manu added a silver with a closing spherical throw of 81.01m.

The 23-year-old Manu, the season’s second finest Asian javelin thrower with 84.33m after Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, struggled to get going as he may ship the iron spear past 80m in his closing try. He had throws of 78.22m, 79.83m, 78.78m, 75.35m and a foul.

Japan’s Roderik Genki gained the gold with a fourth spherical throw of 83.15m.

In the lads’s 4x400m relay, the crew of Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Mijo Kurian Chacko and Rajesh Ramesh clocked 3 minute 1.80 seconds to complete behind Sri Lanka (3:01.56).

The ladies’s 4x400m relay quartet of Rezoana Mallick Heena, Aishwarya Mishra, Jyothika Dandi and Subha Venkatesan picked up a bronze medal, clocking 3 minute 33.73 seconds. Vietnam gained the gold in 3:32.36 whereas Sri Lanka took the silver with a time of three:33.27.

Earlier, Kishan Kumar and KM Chanda clocked their private finest timings to win a silver medal every within the males’s and girls’s 800m respectively.

Kumar clocked 1:45.88 seconds to complete second behind Abubaker H Abdalla (1:45.53) of Qatar, whereas Chanda crossed the end line of the two-lap race in 2:01.58 behind MK Dissanayaka (2:00.66) of Sri Lanka.

Kumar’s earlier private finest was 1:46.17, whereas Chanda equalled her earlier lifetime finest of two:01.58.

In the morning session, Priyanka Goswami and Vikash Singh gained silver and bronze medals within the ladies’s and males’s 20km race stroll occasions respectively.

National document holder Priyanka clocked 1 hour 34 minutes and 24 seconds to complete second within the ladies’s 20km race stroll occasion behind Yang Liujing (1:32:37) of China.

Yukiko Umeno of Japan took the bronze with a time of 1:36:17.

The 27-year-old Priyanka’s time, although, was effectively exterior her private better of 1:28:45, which she had clocked in 2021.

Another Indian within the fray, Bhawna Jat completed fifth with a time of 1:38:26.

In the lads’s 20km occasion, Vikash clocked 1:29:32 to take the bronze medal. Yutaro Murayama (1:24:40) of Japan gained the gold whereas Wang Kaihua (1:25:29) of China took the silver medal.

National document holder Akshdeep Singh didn’t end the race as he was disqualified by the judges.

The 27-year-old Vikash has a private in addition to season’s finest time of 1:20:05. It was his first worldwide medal.

Both Priyanka, who had gained a silver in 10,000m race stroll within the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Vikash have already certified for the World Championships (August 17-29) in Budapest, Hungary, and the 2024 Paris Olympics.