India did not win a single gold on the ultimate day and as an alternative settled for eight silver and 5 bronze medals to finish third within the medals tally with a haul of 27 medals, together with six gold.
Among the many tremendous performers on Sunday have been younger DP Manu (silver, males’s javelin throw), Jyothi Yarraji (silver, girls’s 200m) and Parul Chaudhary (silver, girls’s 5000m).
Younger Manu was content material along with his silver in his debut meet as a senior worldwide.
“The wind performed havoc with my throws. I attempted my finest, however it was nonetheless touchdown nostril down. Then I figured it out and got here up with a flat throw on my final try,” Manu informed TOI.
The ladies’s 200m ultimate noticed a gripping contest between 100m hurdles winner Jyothi and 100m winner Pereria Veronica Shanti. In the long run, the Singaporean received in 22.70 seconds with a brand new championship report. Jyothi clocked her season’s finest time of 23.13. China’s Li Yuting got here third (23.25).
Within the girls’s 5000m, although Parul Chaudhary’s double hopes have been dashed by Japan’s Yuma Yamamoto, the Indian got here house in 15:52.35s to take the silver. Ankita additionally climbed the rostrum by profitable the bronze in 16:03.33s.
Priyanka Goswami, in the meantime, made use of her prolonged coaching classes in Bengaluru as she received the silver within the girls’s 20ok race stroll that was held on town roads within the morning.
The rising temperature affected the contributors as China’s Yang Liujing clocked 1:32.38s to take the gold. Priyanka (1:34.24) completed forward of Japan’s Yukiko Umeno (1:36.18).
“The recent circumstances affected the timings. I additionally obtained two purple playing cards inside the primary 10km and was therefore cautious to not decide up one other card within the remaining interval which might have resulted in a two-minute penalty. However I knew I used to be clearly in line for silver and this race has given me extra confidence to do nicely within the large meets developing this yr,” Priyanka stated.
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Educated by Gurmeet Singh, a three-time medallist in Asian race-walking championship, Priyanka paid wealthy tributes to her coach.
“I really feel I missed his (sir’s) coaching for just a few years, if not I’d have improved additional,” stated Priyanka, who received the silver in Birmingham CWG in 10,000m race stroll.
There have been two extra silver medals for India within the 800m race as Krishan Kumar and Chanda got here second within the two-lap race. Whereas Kumar timed his season’s better of 1:45.88s to complete behind Qatar’s Abubaker Abdalla.
Chanda was trying to snatch the gold when she took the lead after the bell however Sri Lanka’s Dissanayaka (2:00.66s) had lots in reserve to shift gears and race to the tape. The Indian clocked 2:01.58s forward of one other Lankan, Artigala (2:03.58).
In girls’s shot put, Abha Khatun (18.06) took the silver and Manpreet Kaur obtained the bronze.
(WRITER IS IN BANGKOK AT THE INVITATION OF AAA)
