- GUMI (SOUTH KOREA) —
The Indian quartet of Santhosh Kumar Tamilasaran, Rupal, Vishal Thennarasu
Kayalayizhu, and Subha Venkatesan bagged gold medals in the 4x400m mixed relay
on the second day of competitions at the Asian Athletics Championships here on
Wednesday.
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- The Indian team clocked 3:18.12s to finish first in the race
and bagged India's second gold in the Continental competition. China took
silver with 3:20.52s while Sri Lanka bagged bronze with 3:21.95s on Wednesday.
India have won eight medals, including two gold at the end of the second day of
competitions.
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- India's Day 2 at the Asian Athletics Championships started
with silver in women’s 400m through Rupal Chaudhary. She clocked 52.68 seconds
to clinch a spot on the podium. Japan’s Nanaku Matsumoto (52.17s) won the gold
and Uzbekistan’s Jonbibi Hukmova (52.79s) pocketed the bronze. Another Indian
in the lineup, Vithya Ramraj, finished fifth with a time of 53s.
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- A bronze medal in men's 1500m by Yoonus Shah was the second
medal of the day for India. Yoonus finished third with a timing of 3:43.03s,
behind Kazuto Iizawa of Japan, who won the gold with 3:42.56s, and Jaeung Lee
of Korea, who won the silver with 3:42.79s.
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- Later, Pooja added the third medal to the day's tally when
she pocketed the silver in the women’s 1500m run with a timing of 4:10.83s.
China’s Li Chunhui (4:10.58s) took the gold medal. Another Indian
representation in the event, Lili Das, finished fourth, clocking 4:13.81s.
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- In the men's triple jump, Praveen Chithravel added another
medal to India's kitty with a best effort of 16.90m to claim the silver,
finishing behind China’s Zhu Yaming (17.06m). Korea’s Gyumin Yu took the bronze
medal with 16.82m. Defending champion Abdulla Aboobacker, however, finished
fourth with 16.72m.
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- Afterwards, Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian to win
two medals in the decathlon at the Asian Athletics Championships. Tejaswin, who
holds the national record in the event, finished with 7,618 points to claim
silver on Wednesday, adding to his bronze from the 2023 Championships.
