Asian Athletics Championships Day 4: Mixed relay team wins gold, Sarvesh Kushare wins High Jump silver — Highlights

Swapna Barman in silver medal spot

Swapna Barman has carried on being in the medal places in Heptathlon. She has lost her lead though and is currently in silver medal spot.

Two events remain for heptathletes - Javelin throw and 800m.

Indian Medallists at 2023 Asian Athletics Championships so far

Day 1

Abhishek Pal (10,000m bronze)

Day 2

Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles gold), Ajay Kumar Saroj (1500m gold), Abdulla Aboobacker (Triple jump gold), Aishwarya Misra (400m bronze), Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon bronze).

Day 3

Tajinder Toor (Shot put gold), Parul Choudhary (3000m steeplechase gold), Shaili Singh (Long Jump silver)

India on 3rd place in medal tally

Japan currently leads the medal tally at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023. With eleven gold, eight silver and five bronze, they top the standings, followed by China, who have an overall tally of 15 medals. India sit third in the medal tally with nine medals, which include five gold, one silver and three bronze.

India and China will be fighting for the second spot on the table through the day. Sreeshankar and the high jumpers are set to be in the first medal event of the day.

Jyothi Yarraji into 200m semis

Jyothi Yarraji, fresh off her 100m hurdles gold, is in the 200m event today. In the morning session, she finished 2nd in her Heat clocking 23.85s. The semis are scheduled for later in the evening. 

Men's 4*400 relay team top heat

Some news from the morning session. The Indian quartert of Amoj Jacobs, Nihal Joel, Mijo Chacko Kurian and Rahul Ramesh Kadam clocked 3:04.38 to take the top spot in heat 1 of men 4*400 relay.

Their final will be on Sunday, the concluding day of this event.