India wins six athletics medals at Asian Games but no gold
India added three silver and three bronze medals to its athletics tally at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. Murali Sreeshankar, Gulveer Singh and the men’s javelin pair reached the podium, while two Indian relay teams qualified for finals. The country’s athletics gold-medal wait continued.
India won six athletics medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Monday but did not secure a gold medal. The contingent added three silver and three bronze medals, taking its athletics tally to 19. Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men’s long jump with 8.07 metres, while Gulveer Singh finished second in the 1,500 metres in a personal best of 3:36.72.
India also produced two javelin medals. Yashvir Singh won silver with a personal-best throw of 85.72 metres and Rohit Yadav took bronze with 84.35 metres. Vithya Ramraj won bronze in the women’s 400m hurdles in 54.75 seconds, breaking the national record she had jointly held with P.T.
Usha. Parul Chaudhary added bronze in the women’s 5,000 metres in 15:14.61, her second medal of the Games. Sreeshankar injured his ankle during his fourth attempt and withdrew from the remaining rounds.
Avinash Sable finished fourth in the men’s 3,000m steeplechase in 8:21.67, missing the podium despite recording a season best. Seema also finished fourth in the women’s discus. India qualified for the men’s 4x400m relay final after clocking 3:01.49.
The mixed 4x100m team also advanced after finishing second in its heat in 41.54 seconds. Pooja qualified for the women’s 800m final in 2:03.20. The relay finals offered India further opportunities to end its wait for an athletics gold.
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