Asian U18 Athletics C'ships: Nishchay wins shot put silver; bronze for Shourya

Indian youngsters continued to impress at the Asian U18 Athletics Championships, adding three medals to their tally on the third day of the competition in Dammam, Saudi Arabia, on Thursday.

Shourya bagged India's fifth medal from the competition as she clinched a bronze medal in the women's 100m hurdles event with a good timing of 13.80s, finishing behind the two Chinese hurdlers.

This is a personal best timing for Shourya, but it will not be counted as an official record as she had the help of a tailwind of +2.4m/s, which is not under the valid limit of +2m/s.

Second Medal for Nishchay

Nishchay added another medal to his name at this championship in Saudi Arabia, clinching a silver medal in men's shot put with a personal best of 19.59m, finishing behind China's Han Qigeng (20.23m).

Earlier, he had a bronze medal in the men's discus throw category as well with he best throw of 58.85m.

In the women's discus throw, Lakshita Mahlawat clinched the bronze medal with a new personal best throw of 41.30m, finishing behind the two Chinese throwers in the final.

With this, India now has seven medals to its name: 3 silver and 4 bronze.

Earlier today, Yogita finished in the fourth position in the women's 5,000m racewalk category, clocking a time of 24:41.79. China had a double podium in this event as well, while Korea won the bronze.

On the other hand, Sayed Sabeer, who missed out on a medal in the 400m after finishing in 6th position, also missed out on a medal in the men's 200m, finishing in 5th position in the semis with a time of 22.04s.

Earlier, Sayed finished second in the first heat of the preliminary round after clocking a time of 22.37s to reach the semi-finals, finishing just behind the Thai sprinter Natdanai Tosup, who clocked 22.04s.