Laxita Sandila wins ladies’s 1500m gold at Asian U-20 Athletics Championship | Extra sports activities Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: India’s Laxita Vinod Sandila produced a private greatest time of 4:24.23 seconds to win gold medal in ladies’s 1500m race on the concluding day of the Asian U-20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea on Wednesday.
Sandila achieved a outstanding feat by surpassing her earlier private better of 4:26.48s by a major margin of over two seconds, securing India’s fifth gold medal of the championship.
Mehdi Hasan claimed a bronze medal within the males’s 1500m race, finishing the occasion in a commendable time of three:56.01s. Shivaji Parashu Madappagoudra contributed to India’s medal haul with a silver medal within the males’s 5000m race, reaching a time of 14:49.05s, bringing India’s general tally to a powerful 17 medals.
The championship had a promising begin for India, as Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh shone brightly, every securing a gold medal within the ladies’s 400m and males’s discus throw occasions, respectively, on the opening day.
Persevering with the profitable streak, shot putter Siddharth Choudhary claimed one more gold medal on Monday, delivering a private greatest throw of 19.52m. Decathlete Sunil Kumar additionally contributed to India’s gold rely, securing a yellow metallic on Tuesday.