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Asian Athletics Championship:India finish second behind China


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Asian Athletics Championship India finish second behind China

New Delhi, July 30 Notwithstanding the disappointing performance of star jumper Anju Bobby George, the Indian team would return home happier after their improved performance at the 17th Asian Athletics championship in Amman, Jordan. With the final tally of five gold, silver and bronze each, India finished second behind China (7 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze) in the continental event. In the last edition of the meet at Incheon, Korea, in 2005, they were fourth with a haul of four gold, five silver and four bronze medals. The final day of the championship proved to be the most beneficial for the Indian contingent as the athletes brought cheers for the camp by winning three gold medals. Renjith Maheshwary won the men’s triple jump event with a distance of 17.19 m, while Sinimol Paulose clinched the women’s 1500m gold with a timing of 4 minute and 25.67 seconds. The women’s relay team, comprising Manjeet Kaur, Mandeep Kaur, Sini Jose and Chitra K. Soman, then came in front in 3:33.39s to give India a final tally of five gold, silver and bronze each. Shot putter Navpreet Singh fetched gold by throwing the iron ball to a distance of 19.70 m. Chitra was the first to earn the yellow metal for India in women’s 400 m as she clocked 53.03 minutes to win her first Asian championship individual title. Preeja Sreedharan also had a creditable performance as she snatched two silver medals in women’s 5000 m and 10,000 m. Sinimol and J. J. Shobha returned with a silver each, while Susmita Singha Roy bagged a bronze on day two of the championship. Sinimol’s medal came in women’s 800 m race with a timing of 2:06.15s feat. Shobha accumulated 5356 points to finish second and ahead of compatriot Susmita, who totalled 5154 for the bronze in women’s heptathlon event. Susmita came third in high jump, leaping 1.69 m, while Shobha was fourth (1.6 m). In shot put, Shobha hurled a distance of 12.56 m to finish second, while Susmita came fourth clearing 10.54 m. The biggest heartbreak for the Indians came from Anju Bobby George. Though she improved upon her recent slump in form to leap 6.65 m to collect a silver, her effort could not win her a World Championships berth. List of medallists: Gold: Navpreet Singh (shotput), Chitra K. Soman (400 m), Renjit Maheshwari (triple jump), Sinimole Paulose (women 1500 m), Women’s 4X400 m (Mandeep Kaur, Manjit Kaur, Sini Jose, Chitra K. Soman). Silver: Preeja Sreedharan (10,000 m), Preeja Sreedharan (5,000 m), Anju Bobby George (long jump), Sinimole Paulose (women 800 m), J. J. Shobha (women heptathlon). Bronze: Krishna Poonia (discus throw), Joseph Abraham (400 m hurdles), Susmita Singh Roy (women heptathlon), Bibu Mathew (triple jump), Men’s 4X400 m (Sarish Paul, Joseph Abraham, Sheikh Mortaza, K. M. Binu). — PTI ------------------- India seems to be improving, Hopefully we can emulate this at the Olympics

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