Speed skating: India win team bronze in men’s, women’s 3,000m relay

India’s men’s speed skating team yesterday. Pic/AFP

India's speed skaters dazzled at the Asian Games with two surprise bronze medals in men's and women's 3,000m team relay events to match their best-ever performance in roller sports here on Monday.

Teenagers Karthika Jagadeeswaran and Heeral Sadhu combined with Aarathy Kasturi Raj, 29, to clinch India's first-ever medal in the speeding skating discipline in Asian Games with a time of 4:34.861s.

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Anand Kumar Velkumar, Siddhant Kamble and Vikram Ingale grabbed the third spot with a timing of 4:10.128s in the final at Qiantang Roller Sports Centre.

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