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Indian Athletics Wins Four Medals as Sreeshankar Takes Silver
India won four athletics medals at the Asian Games.
Murali Sreeshankar earned silver in the long jump.
Gulveer Singh also won silver, this time in the 1500-metre race.
Parul Chaudhary took bronze in the 5000-metre race.
Vithya Ramraj won bronze in the 400-metre hurdles.
Ramraj also set a new Indian national record.
Sreeshankar could not complete his final two attempts because of an ankle injury.
Avinash Sable finished fourth in the steeplechase.
Several Indian athletes also recorded personal-best performances.
Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men's long jump with an 8.07-metre effort.
Gulveer Singh took silver in the men's 1500m with a personal-best time of 3:36.72.
Parul Chaudhary won bronze in the women's 5000m, her second medal of the Games.
Vithya Ramraj claimed bronze in the women's 400m hurdles with a national-record time of 54.75 seconds.
Avinash Sable finished fourth in the men's 3000m steeplechase and could not defend his title.
- Who
- Indian athletes Murali Sreeshankar, Gulveer Singh, Parul Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj won medals; Avinash Sable finished fourth.
- What
- India won two silver and two bronze medals in athletics, while Sable missed the podium.
- Where
- At the Asian Games.
- When
- The results were reported on Monday during the ongoing Asian Games.
- Why
- The athletes competed in their respective athletics events for medals and improved performances.
Key facts
- Sreeshankar's result
- Silver in men's long jump with 8.07 metres.
- Gulveer's result
- Silver in men's 1500m in 3:36.72, a personal best.
- Chaudhary's result
- Bronze in women's 5000m in 15:14.61.
- Ramraj's result
- Bronze in women's 400m hurdles in 54.75 seconds.
- National record
- Ramraj's time surpassed P. T. Usha's 55.42-second mark from the 1984 Olympics.
- Sable's result
- Fourth in men's 3000m steeplechase in 8:21.67.
- Other Indian result
- Santosh Kumar Tamilarasan finished seventh in men's 400m hurdles, while Seema Kaliramna placed fourth in women's discus.
Quotes
Gulveer Singh
Indian middle- and long-distance runner who won 1500m silver
“This is a very important medal in my career. I have no problem in running as many events and want to win medals in them. I could not maintain my final kick speed till the end as I am normally a long distance runner, running mainly 5000m and 1000m”
CNBC TV 18
“Medal is in our hands, but time is not. This race will not come tomorrow or yesterday. Today is our day, so I was going for the timing, not the medal”
CNBC TV 18
Sources
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