Hangzhou [China], October 1 (ANI): Indian athlete Nandini Agasara received a bronze medal within the ladies’s Heptathlon 800m within the ongoing Asian Games on Sunday.
The 20-year-old completed third in her first Asian Games with a factors tally of 5712. She completed above her nationwide compatriot Swapna Barman by a four-point margin. Swapna completed 4th with 5708 factors.
Earlier within the day, the flurry of medals continued for India as Tajinderpal Singh Toor received the nation’s second gold in athletics.
With a throw of 20.36m, Tajinderpal topped the chart, surpassing Saudi Arabia’s Mohamed Daouda, who, until then, was main the race for the gold medal with a throw of 20.18m in his fourth try.
Sahib Singh was additionally in rivalry for the medal however did not clinch a podium end alongside his fellow nationwide teammate. He completed within the eighth place with a throw of 18.62m.
Tajinderpal’s gold was an affirmation of the dominance he has had within the occasion over the previous couple of years. With a throw of 20.75m to his credit score within the 2018 Asiad, he’s already the holder of the document for the very best throw within the historical past of the Asian Games.
With his exploits in Hangzhou on a blockbuster Sunday for Indian monitor and subject, he now has the Asian document with a throw of 21.77m. Track and subject athlete Avinash Sable rewrote historical past by clinching a gold medal within the males’s steeplechase 3000m, with record-breaking timing within the historical past of the Asian Games.
Sable who was India’s first medallist within the 3000m steeplechase on the Common Wealth Games grew to become India’s first medallist within the 3000m steeplechase on the Asian Games.
He additionally bested the earlier document of 8:22.79 which was held by Iran’s Keyhani Hossein for the previous 5 years by clocking 8.19.50s. Sable’s efforts additionally introduced India’s first gold in athletics within the nineteenth Asian Games.
Sable took the lead fairly early within the race and prolonged his race with every passing lap.
He accomplished the race forward of the Japanese duo of Aoki Ryoma and Sanada Seiya who secured silver and bronze medal finishes respectively. (ANI)