Indian athletes continued to produce waves at Asian athletics championships on Friday. A long -distance runner Gulveer Singh, a high jumper pooja and heptattalet Nandini Agasara shone Bright to win gold medals on the penultimate day of the meeting in Gumi, South Korea. Parul Chaudhary claimed silver during the National Record 9: 12,46s in a female 3,000 m steeplechase. After Friday’s show, India held second in medals with eight gold, seven silver and three bronze for a total of 18. China is on top with 26 medals – 15 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze.Gulveer makes doubleOne of the first gold medals for India came through the army runner Gulveer, who ranked 13: 24.77s in 2015 in 2015 to defeat the Qatar Asian Championship Mohamed al-Garni. Gulveer, bronze medalist Hangzhou Asian Games, ran a measured race to become the first Indian in the ongoing issue of the Asian meeting to win gold. The 26 -year -old man won 10,000 meters on the day of the male gold. “My goal in Gumi was to win the first position in 5,000 Mi 10,000 meters. Although the weather conditions were not ideal during both events, I stuck to my plan to achieve a good timing,” he said. The Thai Kieran Tuntivate was second with a timing of 13: 24.97s, while Japanese Nagiya Mori finished third 13: 25.06s. Another Indian in Fray, Abhishek Pal, came sixth with a timing of 13: 33.51s.Pooja creates a historyThe daughter of Haryana Mason Poooja created a history after becoming only the second Indian woman who won gold in a high jump on the Asian level. Bobby Aloysius won the Gold Way back in 2000, followed by silver in 2002 the release of a continental meeting. The promising eighteen -year -old cleaned the bar of 1.89 m to send the personal best and win the second gold of the day. She tried to lift the bar, but in all three attempts she was unable to clean 1.92 m. “It was a good day for me because I was among the champion at the senior continental level,” Pooja said.Nandini 3. Indian woman Heptatlete win goldIndia’s third gold went through Nandini Agasarou, scoring the victory from the arrival of Liu Jinga to require the sensational highest stage in Heptatlon. The Indian watched his Chinese rival 54 points ahead of 800 meters and made a stunning return to ensure a total of 5941 points. Jingya finished second with 5869 points, while the Chinese Taipei’s Cai Juan Chen accumulated 5608 points. Nandini became only the third Indian woman who won the Asian Heptatlon gold after Soma Biswas (2005) and Swapna Barteman (2017).Parul overwhelms 3000m steeplechase NATL recordParul Chaudhary had a good run in the women’s 3,000 m Steeplechase, which improved the national record to 9: 12,96s, which became its silver surface. “My racial strategy was to stay with the runner (Norah Jeruto Tanui from Kazakhstan). I tried my best, but in the last round it was climbing forward. I’m glad I improved the national record,” Parul said.Men’s 4x100m relay team disqualifiedIt was a bad day for the male relay team 4x100m – manicant Hoblidar, Amlan Borgohain, Rahul Kumar and Pranav Gurav – because they were disqualified during the replacement of a baton outside the zone.
