India finish on a high
9 July 2013 5:19 AM IST
India clinched gold in women’s 4x400m relay in a sensational race on Sunday to finish sixth overall as the curtains were drawn on the 20th Asian Athletics Championships with China confirming their supreme status in the continent.
The home team came up with a rich haul of eight medals, one gold, th ree silver and four bronze, on the fifth and final day to give the housefull Shivchhatrapati Stadium crowd a lot to cheer.
India ended the championships with two gold, six silver and nine bronze, a much improved performance than the last edition in 2011 in Kobe, Japan, where they had finished seventh with one gold, three silver and eight bronze.
Vikas Gowda had won India’s other gold in men’s discus throw on the second day on Thursday. Besides the gold from the relay team comprising M R Poovamma, Tintu Luka, Anu Mariam Jose and
Nirmala, India won a silver and a bronze in men’s triple jump through Renjith Maheswary and
Arpinder Singh, respectively.
India also bagged a silver and bronze in women’s 200m through Asha Roy and Dutee Chand respectively. Jithin C Thomas bagged another silver in men’s high jump while Luka and Satinder Singh added a bronze each in women’s 800m and men’s 400m hurdles, respectively.
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