New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated the Indian contingent on the twenty fifth Asian Athletics Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand from July 12-16, which returned dwelling with a complete of 27 medals, the best by the group on overseas soil on this event.
PM Modi took to Twitter to congratulate the athletes.
“Outstanding performance by the Indian contingent at the 25th Asian Athletics Championship 2023! Our athletes won 27 medals, the highest medal tally on foreign soil in an edition of the Championships. Congrats to our athletes for this achievement. It fills our hearts with pride,” tweeted PM Modi.
India completed the competitors at third place with 27 medals, consisting of six gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals. Japan topped the charts with 37 medals.
India’s medal winners on the occasion:-Jyothi Yarraji (Women’s 100m hurdles, Gold), Abdulla Aboobacker (Men’s triple leap, Gold), Parul Chaudhary (Women’s 3000m steeplechase, Gold), Ajay Kumar Saroj (Men’s 1500m, Gold), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Men’s shot put, Gold) and Rajesh Ramesh, Aishwarya Mishra, Amoj Jacob, Subha Venkatesan (Mixed 4x400m relay group, Gold). -Shaili Singh (Women’s lengthy leap, Silver), Anil Sarvesh Kushare (Men’s excessive leap, Silver), Murali Sreeshankar (Men’s lengthy leap, Silver), Swapna Barman (Heptathlon, Silver), Priyanka Goswami (Women’s 20km race stroll, Silver), Chanda (Women’s 800m, Silver), Parul Chaudhary(Women’s 5000m, Silver), Krishan Kumar (Men’s 800m, Silver), Abha Khatua (Women’s shot put, Silver), DP Manu (Men’s javelin throw, Silver), Jyothi Yarraji (Women’s 200m, Silver) and Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Mijo Chacko Kurian, Rajesh Ramesh (Men’s 4x400m relay, Silver).
-Abhishek Pal (Men’s 10000m, Bronze), Aishwarya Mishra (Women’s 400m, Bronze), Tejaswin Shankar (Men’s decathlon, Bronze), Santhosh Kumar (Men’s 400m hurdles, Bronze), Vikash Singh (Men’s 20km race stroll, Bronze), Ankita (Women’s 5000m, Bronze), Manpreet Kaur(Women’s shot put, Bronze), Gulveer Singh (Men’s 5000m, Bronze) and Rezoana Mallick Heena, Aishwarya Mishra, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan (Women’s 4x400m relay, Bronze). (ANI)