Promising center-distance runner Laxita Vinod Sandilea and minimal hurdler Shreeya Rajesh gained silver and bronze medals, respectively, on the penultimate day of the Asian U-20 Athletics Championships here on Friday.
India’s general medal tally thus swelled to 15 medals, such as five gold, 6 silver, and five bronze. Just after a not-so-encouraging morning session, Indian athletes lifted the bar in the evening.
The opposition is in progress and a lot more medals are expected at the conclusion of the session.
Shreeya ran a properly-judged speed to sail above the obstacles, but sooner or later settled for a bronze in the women’s 400m hurdles with a time of 59.20 seconds, although Jeyavindhiya Jegadish completed sixth. Her time was 1:02.06 seconds.
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Laxita Vinod clinches SILVER🥈 medal in women’s 800m soon after clocking 2:07.10 at the Asian U20 Athletics Championship in Dubai! 💫 pic.twitter.com/yNBzP2USEA
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Laxita lived up to her track record but experienced to contend with a silver in the women’s 800m. Her silver-medal winning time was 2:07.10 seconds.
Tanvi Malik, nevertheless, completed sixth in 800m. She clocked 2:13.42.
The morning session failed to go on anticipated strains for the Indian staff as Sachin concluded fourth in the men’s 10,000m race walk. His time was 45:50.56.
Himanshu, the second Indian race walker was disqualified. The Indian duo of Nadini and Anushka concluded fifth (56.99m) and sixth (55.81m) respectively, in the women’s hammer throw.
Even so, in the women’s 100m hurdles heats both equally Sabita Toppo (14.10 seconds) and Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland (13.72 seconds) advanced to the medal round. The men’s 4x100m relay group also innovative to the medal spherical.
The Indian group finished next in their warmth with a time of 40.43 seconds.