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The Indian 4x400m mens relay team, comprising Kunju Mohammed, Amoj Jacob, Muhammad Anas and Rajiv Arokia, ran away with the gold medal in the last track event, completing the race in 3:02.92. In the womens 4x400m relay event, 400m winner Nirmala Sheoran anchored India to victory despite a stutter during the baton exchange at the last lap.
Indian long-distance runner Govindan Lakshmanan clinched a superb double today, adding the 10000m gold to the 5000m yellow metal he had won on the opening day. Thonakal Gopi finished just behind him to take silver, making it a medal rich evening for India.
Indian women middle distance runner Archana Adhav finished first in the 800m, but her joy soon turned into disappointment as she was deemed to have made a push at Sri Lankan sprinter Nimali Arachchige. The gold medal was awarded to Arachchige instead, making it a Sri Lankan one-two with Gyananthika Thushari winning silver, and fourth-placed Fumika Omori was elevated to bronze.
There was disappointment for India in the sprint events at the start of the evening session, with Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda finishing fourth and fifth respectively in the womens 200m, with Viktoriya Zyabkina of Kazakhstan winning gold with 23.10 seconds, completing a hat-trick of 200m titles at the Asian Championships and a sprint double at these Championships.
Odisha sprint star Amiya Kumar Mallick ended the championships with no medal as he finished seventh in a fiercely contested mens 200m final, which was won by Yang Chun-Han of Chinese Taipei with a time of 20.66s. Jinson Johnson fetched India one bronze medal, finishing third in mens 800m.
RESULTS:
MEN: Long jump: 1. Huang Changzhou (China) 8.09m, 2. Chan Ming Tai (Hong Kong) 8.03m, 3. Shotaro Shiroyama (Japan) 7.97m. 200m Sprint: 1. Yang Chun-Han (Chinese Taipei) 20.66s, 2. Park Bong-go (South Korea) 20.76s, 3. Femi Seun Ogunode (Qatar) 20.79. 800m Run: 1. Ebrahim Al-Zofairi (Kuwait) 1:49.47s, 2. Jamal Hairane (Qatar) 1:49.94s, 3. Jinson Johnson (India) 1:50.07s. 10,000m Run: 1. Govindan Lakshmanan (India) 29:55.87s, 2. Gopi Thonakal (India) 29:58.89s, 3. Adilet Kyshtakbekov (Kyrgyzstan) 30:06.65s. Javelin: 1. Neeraj Chopra (India) 85.23m *CR, 2. Ahmed Bader Magour (Qatar) 83.70m #CR, 3. Davinder Singh Kang (India) 83.29m *CR. 4x400m Relay: 1. India (Kunhu Muhammed, Amoj Jacob, Arokia Rajiv, Mohammad Anas) 3:02.92s; 2. Sri Lanka (Tharusha Dananjaya, Kalinga Kumarage, Ajith Premakumara, Dilip Ruwan) 3:04.80s, 3. Thailand (Apisit Chamsri, Nattapong Kongkraphan, Jirayu Pleenaram, Phitchaya Sunthonthuam) 3:06.48s.
WOMEN: Pole vault: 1. Chen Qiaoling (China) 4.40m, 2. Li Ling (China) 4.20m, 3. Chayanusa Chomchuendee (Thailand) 4.10m. Discus throw: 1. Chen Yang (China) 60.41m, 2. Subenrat Insaeng (Thailand) 56.82m, 3. Lu Xiaoxin (China) 55.27m. 200m Sprint: 1. Viktoriya Zyabkina (Kazakhstan) 23.10s, 2. Rumeshika Rathnayake (Sri Lanka) 23.43s, 3. Olga Safronova (Kazakhstan) 23.47s. 800m Run: 1. Nimali Waliwarsha Konda (Sri Lanka) 2:05.23s, 2. Gayanthika Abeyrathne (Sri Lanka) 2:05.27s, 3. Fumika Omori (Japan) 2:06.50s. Heptathlon: 1. Swapna Barman (India) 5942pts, 2. Meg Hemphill (Japan) 5883pts, 3. Purnima Hembram (India) 5798pts. 10,000m Run: 1. Darya Maslova (Kyrgyzstan) 32:21.21s, 2. Yuka Hori (Japan) 32:23.26s, 3. Mizuki Matsuda (Japan) 32:46.61s. 4x400m Relay: 1. India (Debashree Mazumdar, MR Poovamma, Jisna Mathew, Nirmala Sheoran) 3:31.34s, 2. Vietnam (Nguyen Thi Oanh, Quach Thi Lan, Hoang Thi Ngoc, Nguyen Thi Huyen) 3:33.22s, 3. Japan (Sayaka Aoki, Kana Ichikawa, Seika Aoyama, Manami Kira) 3:37.74s.
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TOP: Indian heptathlon gold and bronze medal winners Swapna Barman (Left) and Purnima Hembram pose on the podium in Bhubaneswar on 9 July, 2017.
RIGHT: Indian javelin throwers Neeraj Chopra (Left) and Davinder Singh Kang pose with their gold and bronze medal respectively in Bhubaneswar on 9 July, 2017.
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