Bangkok: India started the hunt for gold on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championship which started yesterday in Thailand. Jyoti Yaraji won gold in women’s 100m hurdles, Ajay Kumar Saroj won gold in 1500m and Abdullah Abubakar won gold in triple jump. India won its first gold in Bangkok through Jyoti Yaraji. Jyoti won the first gold of the championship for India by finishing the 100m hurdles in 13.09 seconds. India’s Nitya Ramraj, who also competed, finished fourth. Nitya finished in 13.55 seconds. Japan’s Asuka Terada took silver in 13.13 seconds and Masumi Akoi took bronze in 13.26 seconds.
After that, Malayalee player Abdullah Abubakar won gold in men’s triple jump. Abdullah Abu Bakar won the gold with a seasonal best of 16.92 meters. On the fourth occasion, the star, who hails from Nadapuram, Kozhikode, jumped 16.92 meters. He is also a Commonwealth Games silver medalist. Japan’s Hikaru Ikehata jumped 16.73m to win silver. South Korea’s Kim Jangwoo secured the bronze with a jump of 16.59m.
Ajay Kumar Saroj finished in 3 minutes 41.51 seconds in men’s 1500m. Malayalam player Jinson Jonn is in 11th place. Jinson finished in three minutes and 46.91 seconds. Japan’s Yusuke Takahashi won the silver in three minutes 42.04 seconds and China’s Liu Dezu won the bronze in three minutes 42.30 seconds. India’s Aishwarya Kailash Mishra won bronze in women’s 400m race. Aishwarya finished in 53.07 seconds. Ramanayake Nadeesha of Sri Lanka won the gold in 52.61 seconds and Farida Soleyeva of Uzbekistan won the silver in 52.95 seconds. It was a personal best for both of them.
India was also disappointed in the men’s category. Malayali player Mohammad Ajmal finished in fourth position and Rajesh Ramesh in sixth position. Ajmal finished the race in 45.36 seconds and Rajesh in 45.67 seconds. Japan’s Sato Kenataro took gold in 45.00 seconds and Sato Fuga took silver in 45.13 seconds. Kazakhstan’s Yusuf Ahmad Masrahi finished third with a time of 45.19 seconds.
India’s Tejaswin Shankar won bronze in decathlon. Tejaswin finished with 7,527 points. Japan’s Mariama Yuma won the gold with 7,745 points and Thailand’s Singkhon Suthisak won the silver with 7,626 points. India’s Sanjeevani Baburao Yadav disappoints in women’s 10,000m race Sanjeevini finished fourth with a time of 34 minutes 04.47 seconds. Japan’s Haruka Kokai won gold in 32 minutes 59.26 seconds and Japan’s own Momoka Kawaguchi took silver in 33 minutes 18.72 seconds. Mongolia’s Bayasogat Munkha won the bronze medal with a time of 33 minutes 24.79 seconds. India’s medal hopes in women’s high jump are also dashed. Competing for India, Pooja finished seventh and Rubina Yadav finished eighth. Both jumped up to 1.75m. Kristina Ovachikova of Kazakhstan won gold and Matyeva Yelizaveta silver with a jump of 1.86m. Uzbekistan’s Svetlana Radzivil secured the bronze with 1.83m. Ansi Sojan and Shaili Singh will compete in the women’s long jump final today. The match starts at 2.45 pm. Men’s long jump qualifying round competitions will start at 9.40 am. Today is also the shot put competition of Tajinderpal Singh Tour. The match starts at 2.30 pm.
2023-07-13 19:36:00
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