Hangzhou [China], October 1 (ANI): The flurry of medals continued for India as Tajinderpal Singh Toor received the nation’s its second gold in athletics within the ongoing Asian Games on Sunday.
A medal hopeful within the males’s shot put closing, his sixth try turned the tide in his favour.
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 file for the most effective throw within the historical past of the Asian Games.
With his exploits in Hangzhou on a blockbuster Sunday for Indian observe and area, he now has the Asian file with a throw of 21.77m. Earlier, observe and area athlete Avinash Sable rewrote historical past by clinching a gold medal within the males’s steeplechase 3000m, setting a brand new Asian Games file together with his timing.
Sable, who was India’s first medallist within the 3000m steeplechase on the Commonwealth Games, turned India’s first medallist within the 3000m steeplechase on the Asian Games.
He additionally bested the earlier file of 8:22.79, which was held by Iran’s Keyhani Hossein for the final 5 years by breasting the tape in 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 lead within the race with every passing lap.
He raced previous the end line comfortably forward of the Japanese duo of Aoki Ryoma and Sanada Seiya, who secured silver and bronze with their finishes respectively. (ANI)