Asian Games 2023: On Sunday, India enjoyed quite a successful day with 15 medals, 9 came in athletics alone
Avinash Sable (Pic: AFP)
- Avinash Sable continued his impressive run, securing a silver medal in men`s 5000m
- The 29-year-old Indian produced an effort of 13:21.09 to finish 2nd in a spectacular race
- Harmilan Bains produced a fine run to clinch a silver in the women`s 800m race
India's long-distance runner Avinash Sable continued his impressive run, securing a silver medal in men's 5000m at the ongoing Asian Games 2023 on Wednesday.
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The 29-year-old Indian produced an effort of 13:21.09 to finish second in a spectacular race. Bahrain's Birhanu Yemataw Balew came up with a Games record effort of 13:17:40 to win the gold, while his compatriot Dawit Fikadu Admasu bagged the bronze with a season best of 13:25:63.
Sable thus added another medal to his 3000m steeplechase gold which he had claimed last week. Gulveer Singh missed out on a medal, finishing fourth, despite a personal best effort of 13:29:93.
In other results of the day, Harmilan Bains produced a fine run to clinch a silver in the women's 800m race, her second medal in this Asian Games here on Wednesday.
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The 25-year-old from Punjab clocked an impressive timing of 2:03.75 to bag the silver in a highly competitive race.
The gold went to Sri Lanka's Tharushi Dissanayaka, who touched the tape at a time of 2:03.20. The bronze went to China's Chunyu Wang, who finished with a timing of 2.03:90.
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Bains had earlier won a silver in the women's 1500m race in this edition of the Games.
Another Indian runner in the 800m, Chanda finished at the seventh place with a timing of 2:05.69.
Meanwhile, much to Indian fans' delight, Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medal respectively in the women's 3000m steeplechase on Monday.
Parul clocked 9:27.63 sec to claim the silver medal ahead of compatriot Priti, who made a strong finish to clinch the bronze with a personal best time of 9:43.32 sec.In August this year at the World Championships held in Budapest, Parul registered a national record in 3000m steeplechase with a time of 9:15.31 sec, and in the process qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
On Sunday, India enjoyed quite a successful day with 15 medals, 9 came in athletics alone. Track and field athlete Avinash Sable shattered the Asian Games record as he comfortably secured India's first men's 3000m steeplechase gold medal at the continental meet.
(With agency inputs)
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