BANGKOK, July 13: India bagged three gold and two bronze medals on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships with Jyothi Yarraji becoming the first from the country to secure top podium finish in women’s 100m hurdles in the continental showpiece here on Thursday.
The 23-year-old Yarraji opened India’s gold medal account in the championships as she clinched her maiden yellow metal in a major international event.
Ajay Kumar Saroj ran a brilliant tactical race to win the men’s 1500m gold before Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker added a yellow metal for the country by clinching the men’s triple jump event. It was an impressive show by the Indians as they won three gold out of 10 on offer on Thursday.
Quartermiler Aishwarya Mishra (53.07 seconds) and Tajaswin Shankar were the other medal winning Indians on the day, with a bronze in women’s 400m final and gruelling men’s decathlon. In fact, it was the maiden international medal for both Aishwarya and Tejaswin in the senior level in their respective events, competing in their maiden international event.(PTI)
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