JAKARTA: Veteran Indian long distance runner Sudha Singh today clinched a silver in women’s 3000m steeplechase event in the Asian Games here.
Sudha clocked 9 minute 40.03 seconds to win her second Asian Games medal.
Winfred Yavi of Bahrain took the gold in 9:36.52 while Thi Oanh Nguyen of Vietnam bagged the bronze in 9:43.83.
The 32-year-old Sudha had won a gold medal when women’s 3000m steeplechase was introduced in the Asian Games in 2010.
Sudha has a personal best of 9:26.55 while her season’s best is 9:39.59 which she came up with during the National Inter-State Championships in June.
Earlier in the day, Dharun Ayyasamy won a silver in men’s 400m hurdles in national record time.
Ayyasamy clocked 48.96 seconds to shatter his own national record and finish behind Qatar’s Abderrahman Samba who won the gold with a Games record time of 47.66.
His earlier national record was 49.45 which he had come up with during the Federation Cup in March. (AGENCIES)
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