Athletics
2023 Asian Athletics C'ships: Jyothi, Parul win double medals, India finish with best-ever away medal haul — Highlights
2023 Asian Athletics Championship Medal Tally: India finish 3rd behind Japan and China with 6 gold medals. With 27 total medals, this is India's best ever show at an AAC edition away from home.
Jyothi Yarraji in action. (Source: Reliance Foundation)
India finished at third spot with six gold medals on the 2023 Asian Athletics Championships medal tally behind Japan (16 gold) and China (8 gold) after the final day's action at the Suphachalasai Stadium in Bangkok on Sunday.
India finished the 2023 AAC with 27 total medals - 6 gold, 12 silver and 9 bronze medals. This is India's best ever show at an AAC edition held outside India.
Jyothi Yarraji (200m) and Parul Choudhary (5000m) both won silver medals on Sunday, to add to their earlier gold medals. No gold medal was won on the final day.
Indian Gold Medal Winners at 2023 AAC: Jyothi Yarraji (100m hurdles), Tajinder Toor (shot put), Abdullah Aboobacker (triple jump), Parul Choudhary (3000m steeplechase), Ajay Saroj (1500m) and the mixed 400m relay team.
Medals won on Day 5: DP Manu (Javelin) - Silver, Jyothi Yarraji (200m) - Silver, Priyanka Goswami (20km Racewalk) - Silver, Parul Choudhary (5000m) - Silver, Krishan Kumar (800m) - Silver, Chanda (800m) - Silver, Abha Khatua (Shot Put) - Silver, Men's 400m relay team - Silver, Vikas (20km Racewalk) - Bronze, Gulveer Singh (5000m) - Bronze, Ankita (5000m) - Bronze, Manpreet Kaur (Shot Put) - Bronze, Women's 400m relay team - Bronze
Day 5 Highlights:
Live Updates
- 16 July 2023 9:31 AM GMT
Javelin: DP Manu in gold medal spot
DP Manu has thrown the javelin to 78m on his first attempt. He is 1st after the first round.
Meanwhile, Abha Khatua has overtaken Manpreet to silver medal spot in Shot Put. India in 2 and 3 in that event as of now. Both Abha and Manpreet need to cross 18m though to get into gold, they're still in the 17s.
- 16 July 2023 9:27 AM GMT
Chanda wins 800m silver
And it's silver for Chanda too. She too ran the eventual gold medallist from Sri Lanka close but fell behind in the last 100 metres. Silver for India in both the 800m races - Chanda and Krishan Kumar.
- 16 July 2023 9:23 AM GMT
Shot Put: Manpreet Kaur in silver medal spot
Chanda and Lavika Sharma in the 800m women's race now coming up.
Manpreet Kaur is currently in 2nd spot after the first round. She makes a foul throw in her 2nd attempt.
- 16 July 2023 9:18 AM GMT
Krishan Kumar wins 800m silver
Krishan Kumar runs a great race! Gives the gold medallist Aboobaker of Qatar a run for his money all through the race. Holds on for silver medal at the end even though he has nothing left in the tank in the last few metres.
This is a new personal best for Krishan! 1:45.88s his timing.
- 16 July 2023 9:14 AM GMT
800m Men Race: Afsal, Krishan in action
Two Indians in the 800m race starting the track events in the afternoon session.
Meanwhile, in shot put, Manpreet Kaur has just registered a throw of 17m. Not a bad start.
Indian athletes have so far won 16 medals - six gold, five silver and five bronze in Asian athletics championship. How more can we add today? Here we go!
- 16 July 2023 8:53 AM GMT
Sarvesh Kushare speaks to The Bridge
Here's a look at the miraculous story of Sarvesh Kushare, one of the brightest spots from India's campaign in Thailand over the last five days:
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- 16 July 2023 8:45 AM GMT
Evening session schedule: India to end campaign with sprinters
200m Women - Jyothi Yarraji - 4:10 pm IST
4x400m Women Relay - 4:50 pm IST
4x400m Men Relay - 5:15 pm IST
- 16 July 2023 8:37 AM GMT
Afternoon session schedule - Javelin, Shot put, middle distance running
A few medium distance races are coming up, all of which will have a sizeable representation. As is Javelin and Shot Put.
Shot Put Women - Manpreet Kaur, Abha Khatua - 2:40 pm IST
800m Men - Md Afsal, Krishan Kumar - 2:45 pm IST
Javelin Men - DP Manu - 2:50 pm IST
800m Women - Chanda, Lavika Sharma - 2:55 pm IST
5000m Women - Parul Choudhary, Ankita - 3:05 pm IST
5000m Men - Abhishek Pal - 3:50 pm IST
- 16 July 2023 8:29 AM GMT
Racewalk: Bronze for Vikas
In the men's 20km event, Vikas clocked 1:29:32 to take the bronze medal. Yutaro Murayama (1:24:40) of Japan won the gold while Wang Kaihua (1:25:29) of China took the silver medal.
National record holder Akshdeep Singh did not finish the race as he was disqualified by the judges.
Vikas and Priyanka have both qualified for the Athletics World C'ships and the Paris Olympics.
- 16 July 2023 8:28 AM GMT
Morning session: Priyanka Goswami wins silver
The racewalkers had a productive session in the morning. Priyanka Goswami clinched the silver in the women's 20km race, while Vikas Singh bags a bronze in the men's race.
National record holder Priyanka clocked 1 hour 34 minutes and 24 seconds to finish second in the women's 20km race walk event behind Yang Liujing (1:32:37) of China. The 27-year-old Priyanka's time, though, was well outside her personal best of 1:28:45, which she had clocked in 2021.
