Swapna Barman and the 4x400m relay crew bagged silvers on Tuesday as the Indian crew took its medal tally to thirteen at the top of the 0.33 day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2019 Doha. Sanjivani Jadhav became the 1/3 Indian medallist of the day as she clinched bronze in the women’s 10,00m race. Uzbekistan’s Ekaterina Virginia disenchanted Asian Games champion Swapna and won the ladies’ heptathlon gold with a world-leading total of 6198 points. Swapna, the primary Indian to win a heptathlon gold in the Asian Games, registered private bests within the 200m and the shot put and topped the high bounce but appeared to have misplaced some vital factors within the javelin throw, where she ought to manipulate handiest forty six.83m. She had a non-public satisfaction of fifty—63 m within the event.
“I’m not very happy; I’m now not thrilled with my javelin throw result. My preparations had been no longer exact; I’m a damaged queen, you understand…had trouble with my ankle,” the 22-yr-antique from West Bengal, whose 5993 factors introduced her to the silver, stated. Ekaterina had completed fifth at the Asian Games.
India’s second silver medal of the day got here. At the same time, the combined relay team of Muhammed Anas, M. R. Poovamma, V.K. Vismaya, and Arokia Rajiv clocked three:16.47s to finish 2nd in the 4x400m occasion. The Indian quartet misses the services of Hima Das, who had pulled out midway via the 400m heats earlier with a backache.
There became a baton alternate fumble in the women’s 4x100m relay inside the closing leg, which hampered India’s possibilities of sealing a bronze. Archana Suseendran, V. Revathi, K. Ranga, and Dutee Chand finished fourth in 43.81s. China (42.87s) received the gold, while Kazakhstan and Bahrain took silver and bronze.
– Sanjivani wins bronze –
Long-distance runner Sanjivani won India’s 0.33 medal of the day without work on the closing occasion as she ran an extraordinary race to assert bronze at the girls’ 10,000m final.
– Parul Chaudhary finishes 5th –
Parul Chaudhary, who had taken the girls’ 5000m bronze on an opening day, completed 5th within the 3000m steeplechase in a non-public first-class time of 10:03.43s. Bahrain’s Kenya-born Yavi Winfred Multiple won the gold in 9:46.18s to bag her second identity at those championships.
A little later, protecting champion Ajay Kumar Saroj qualified for the men’s 1500m very last after finishing 2nd in his semifinal in 3: forty-nine .20s. But Asian Games champion JJasonJohnson, who had suffered a calf injury within the 800m race on Monday, did now not take part.
– Dutee storms into 200m very last –
Dutee Chand, who had missed a medal within the women’s 100m on Monday night after completing 5th, brushed away that unhappiness by triumphing in her 200m semifinal heats in 23.33s. Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Naser became the quickest qualifier to the last, breaking the championship record with her 22.84s timing. The 2010 Asian Games, namely the 16 Asian Games, will be held in Guangzhou from November 12 to 27, 2010.
Guangzhou is the biggest and most prosperous city in Southern China. The Games are the second-largest sports event in the world, only after the Summer Olympic Games. This will be the second time that the Asian Games will take place in China, with the first time in 1990 in Beijing. Guangzhou people are striving to stage an exceptional event for the world, and Guangzhou City surely will become a hot destination after the Shanghai World Expo.
