Kavita Raut fetches India`s 1st medal in Asian Athletics
Kavita Raut opened India`s account with a bronze in women`s 500m race on the opening day of the 18th Asian Athletics Championships here today.
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Guangzhou (China): Kavita Raut opened India`s account with a bronze in women`s 500m race on the opening day of the 18th Asian Athletics Championships here today.
Kavita, who was preferred to last edition silver winner Preeja Sridharan, came up with her personal best effort of
16:05.19 to win the bronze. She bettered her earlier best of
16:13.17 she had clocked this season.
As expected, Chinese Xue Fei, who had the season`s best
timing, won in 16:05.19. Bahrain`s Chalchissa Tejitu Daba won
the silver in 16:05.45.
Another Indian, Jhuma Khatun finished seventh, clocking
17:13.10, in the nine-woman final at the Guangdong Olympic
Stadium.
In other events, all the Indians who took field today
qualified for the next rounds from their respective heats.
Sathya Suresh ran his personal best of 10.55 secs to
finish second in men`s 100m heat number three to qualify for
the semifinals. Compatriot Abdul Najeeb Qureshi also qualified
for the semifinals after he finished third in heat number four
with a timing of 10.60 sec.
Their women counterparts, Manjunath Jyothi and Narayana
Sharadha, qualified for the 100m semifinals. Jyothi was second
in heat number two with an effort of 11.72 secs while Sharadha
was third in heat number three with 12.06 secs.
In men`s 1500m, Chatholi Hamza and Sunil Kumar qualified
for tomorrow`s final. Hamza was second in heat number one with
3:46.24 while Sunil was fifth in heat number two with 3:47.90.
In men`s 400m, Bibin Mathew and Shaikh Mortaja qualified
for the final. Mathew won heat number three with an effort of
46.59 secs while Mortaja was third in heat number two with
46.98 secs.
G Pramila was languishing at sixth in women`s heptathlon
after the completion of four out of seven events with an
aggregate of 2981 points.
In women`s long jump final, MA Prajusha and Reshmi Bose
finished sixth and seventh respectively with below par efforts
of 6.15m and 6.13m respectively.
India are being represented by a strong squad of 60 in
the biannual continental competition. They finished second
behind China in the last edition in Amman, Jordan, bagging
five gold, five silver and five bronze.
Asia`s athletics superpowers like China, Japan and the
West Asian countries, who dominate long distance events, are
in full strength this time, unlike in the last edition.
Bureau Report
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