Asian Athletics Championships: India end third with 27 medals | Extra sports activities Information – Instances of India

NEW DELHI: Shot putter Abha Khatua matched the nationwide document, producing a shock second-place end whereas Jyothi Yarraji and Parul Chaudhary bagged their second medals (each silver) as India ended the Asian Athletics Championships marketing campaign in Bangkok with a complete of 27 medals.
With six gold medals, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals, India completed third on the mdeals tally on the Championships.
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 Tune 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.
India received 13 medals on the ultimate day of the championship which included eight silver and 5 bronze medals.
In different occasions, 23-year-old Yarraji, who had develop into 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 greatest time of 23.13 seconds to complete second behind Veronica Shanti Pereira (22.70) of Singapore within the closing.
Yarraji’s earlier private greatest was the 23.29 seconds which she had clocked within the semifinals. She had received gold within the Federation Cup in Could in 23.42.
Ace Indian long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary additionally received her second medal of the championships with a silver in 5000m.
Chaudhary, who had received 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 received 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.
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 greatest Asian javelin thrower with 84.33m after Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra, struggled to get going as he might 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 received the gold with a fourth spherical throw of 83.15m.
Within the males’s 4x400m relay, the crew of Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Mijo Kurian Chacko and Rajesh Ramesh clocked Three 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 Three minute 33.73 seconds. Vietnam received 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 greatest timings to win a silver medal every within the males’s and ladies’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 greatest was 1:46.17, whereas Chanda equalled her earlier lifetime greatest of two:01.58.
Within the morning session, Priyanka Goswami and Vikash Singh received silver and bronze medals within the girls’s and males’s 20km race stroll occasions respectively.
Nationwide document holder Priyanka clocked 1 hour 34 minutes and 24 seconds to complete second within the girls’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.
One other Indian within the fray, Bhawna Jat completed fifth with a time of 1:38:26.
Within the males’s 20km occasion, Vikash clocked 1:29:32 to take the bronze medal. Yutaro Murayama (1:24:40) of Japan received the gold whereas Wang Kaihua (1:25:29) of China took the silver medal.
Nationwide 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 greatest time of 1:20:05. It was his first worldwide medal.
Each Priyanka, who had received a silver in 10,000m race stroll within the 2022 Commonwealth Video games and Vikash have already certified for the World Championships (August 17-29) in Budapest, Hungary, and the 2024 Paris Olympics.
(With inputs from PTI)