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Women`s 4X400 relay team wins gold in Asian Indoor Athletics
Indian women`s 4X400 relay team won gold while Jauna Murmu bagged a bronze in 400m race on the concluding day of Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tehran.
New Delhi: Indian women`s 4X400 relay team
won gold while Jauna Murmu bagged a bronze in 400m race on
the concluding day of Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in
Tehran today.
The 4X400 quartet of Priyanka Pawar, Murmu, Ashwini
Chidananda Akkunji and Karnatapu Sowjanya clocked 3:43.83 to
clinch gold. Kazakhstan (3:44.20) and Iran (4:00.03) won
silver and bronze respectively.
In women`s 400m, Murmu clocked 54.56 sec to win the
bronze. Munira Saleh (53.79 sec) of Syria and Maslyonko Marina
(53.89 sec) of Kazakhstan bagged gold and silver respectively.
On the second day yesterday, shot putter Satyendra Kumar
had fetched the first gold for India by hurling the iron ball
to a career best and meet record shattering effort of 19.17m.
Second Indian in the fray, Saurabh Vij, finished a
distant fifth with a forgettable 17.22m.
Kuwait`s Mohammad Mashari (18.78m) and Iranian Hamid Reza
Farahani (18.58m) made it to a podium finish behind Satyendra.
In men`s heptathlon, Pulimoottil Vinod Joseph won a
bronze with a total score of 4981 points. Iranians Hadi
Sepehrzad (5292 points) and Abdul Jalil Tomaj (5054) finished
first and second respectively.
National record holder Hari Shankar Roy had a forgettable
championships finishing a poor sixth with an effort of 2.14m
On the first day on Wednesday, Resmi Bose won a bronze in
women`s long jump with an effort of 5.93m while compatriot M A
Prajusha was fourth with 5.92m. Mohammad Ibrar won a bronze in
men`s long jump with an effort of 7.56m.
PTI
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