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India increased its track and field medal count to 29 on a medal-filled night in Hangzhou, taking the total to 81 medals. The men’s 4x400m relay team won the gold medal, while Neeraj Chopra and Kishore Jena won the gold and silver medals in the javelin throw.
Avinash Sable won his second medal at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, winning silver in the men’s 5000m final after winning gold in the men’s 3000m steeplechase a few days ago. The women’s 4x400m relay team won the silver medal, ending India’s streak of winning gold medals in the past five Games since 2002. Hermilan Baines emulated her mother’s feat of winning a silver medal in her women’s 800m final at the 2002 Asian Games.
Earlier in the day, Indian race walkers Manju Rani and Ram Babu won the bronze medal in the inaugural 35km mixed team event.
Men’s 4x400m relay team wins gold medal
The Indian quartet of Muhammad Anas, Amoj Yacob, Muhammad Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh hold the Asian record with a time of 2 minutes 59.05 seconds at the World Championships a few months ago and are considered favorites to advance to the finals. became. Muhammad Anas got off to a great start with a reaction time of 0.166, but stalled as India were in fifth place at the end of the first leg. However, in the second leg, Amoj Yacoub ignited the afterburners to give India the lead, and in the third leg, Ajmal extended India’s lead.
Qatar were cornered at the anchor leg, with Bassem Hemeida putting enough pressure on Rajesh Ramesh, but the Indian sprinter was able to maintain the pace and even celebrate by crossing the goal line. India’s time of 3:01.58 was not a record of any kind, but it was enough to beat second-placed Qatar, and Sri Lanka won the bronze medal.
Hermilan Baynes wins silver medal in women’s 800m final
Hermilan Baines also won a silver medal in the women’s 800m final, her second medal of the tournament, adding to her silver medal in the 1500m final two days earlier. In doing so, Harmilan emulated her mother Madhuri Singh, who is also an Asian Games medalist in the same event. Madhuri Singh also won a silver medal in the women’s 800 meters at the 2002 Busan Asian Games.
Hamilan finished second to Sri Lanka’s Tulsi Dissanayaka, who won the gold medal by a considerable margin, but the 25-year-old Indian lined up ahead of China’s Wang Chunyu, who took bronze. .
The two Indians in the field, Harmilan and Chanda, started towards the back of the pack early in the race and stayed behind the front three for the first lap. Wang was the pacesetter at the beginning of the race, but as the race progressed into the second lap, the Indians began to move towards the front group at around 1:30.
As Harmilan rounded the final corner, he looked set to extend his lead over the rest, but he looked set for bronze, but beat Wang in the final yards to claim silver, emulating his mother’s feat 21 years earlier. Ta. Harmilan finished 0.55 seconds behind Dissanayaka in a time of 2:03.75, giving Wang a season’s best and the bronze medal. Chanda took seventh place with a time of 2:05.69.
Two days earlier, Hamilan had won the silver medal in the women’s 1500m final with a time of 4:12.74. She finished behind Bahrain’s Winfred Yabi. This was her first medal at a major tournament.
Sable wins silver medal in men’s 5000m final
Avinash Sable showed his best in the 3000m steeplechase final a few days ago, and made good decisions in the men’s 5000m final to win the silver medal. He finished with a time of 13:21.09, well behind gold medalist Yematoh Bareu of Bahrain. Ballew won with a meet record time of 13:17.40, while Bahrain’s Fikadou Admas won the bronze medal with a season’s best time of 13:25.63. .
Another Indian in contention, Garveer Singh, finished fourth with a personal best time of 13:29.93.
Sable and Galvia were in the lead group for much of the race, but by the five-minute mark they were in fourth and fifth place. Sable then moved into the lead behind two Bahraini runners around 7:30, and Japan’s Keita Sato almost passed him at one point, but was quickly pulled away. By the 11th minute, the race was effectively India versus Bahrain, with Baleu and Admas leading Sable and Gourbia.
As soon as the final lap bell rang, Sable accelerated past Admas and moved into second place, but Value ran like a sprinter and easily extended his lead all the way to the finish. Far behind them, they celebrated their silver medal. Galvia tried to chase Admas, but faded out in the closing stages and finished fourth.
Women’s 4x400m relay team wins silver medal
Bahrain’s match record was needed to end India’s monopoly in the women’s 4x400m relay race at the Asian Games. She has won the last five competitions since Busan in 2002. Vitya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan won the silver medal in just 0.20 seconds. They won the silver medal behind Bahrain.
Vitya Ramraj gave India a very encouraging start in a close first leg with Muna Mubarak. However, despite Aishwarya Mishra’s best efforts, Mujidat Adekoya extended Bahrain’s lead in the second leg. A messy handover briefly brought hope to India when Prachi took on Zenab Mahamat. Salwa Nasser ran the anchor leg for Bahrain and looked to extend their lead, but Suba Venkatesan’s late dive fell just short.