Surendra bags third gold in Asian meet

Surendra Singh won his third straight gold of the series by winning the men's 3000m race while Bibin Mathew added another gold for India, wining the 400m race in the third leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix on Saturday

Surendra Singh won his third straight gold of the series by winning the men's 3000m race while Bibin Mathew added another gold for India, wining the 400m race in the third leg of the Asian Athletics Grand Prix on Saturday. Surendra, who won gold in 3000m in Suzhou and in 5000m in Kunshan, clocked 8:07.22 to run away with glory by remaining unbeaten in the three legs. Meanwhile, Mathew bagged the second gold for India by winning the men's 400m, upsetting Chinese Liu Xiaosheng (46.76s) who won the silver in a photo finish.

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