Indian athletes continued waves at the Asian Athletics Championships on Friday. Long distance runners Gulware Singh, High Jumper Pooja and Heptathlet Nandini Agasara shine bright to win the gold medal on the day of the meeting in Gumi, South Korea. Parul Chaudhary claimed silver in the national record time of 9: 12.46 in the women’s 3,000 meter steeple. After Friday’s show, India finished second for a total count of 18 with eight gold, seven silver and three bronze in the medal. China tops with 26 medals – 15 gold, 8 silver and 3 bronze.Gulver a doublesOne of the first gold medals for India came through the army runner Gulver, who saw 13: 24.77s in the men’s 5,000-meter program to defeat the Asian Championship record of Mohammad Al-Garni of Qatar, Qatar of 13: 34.47S prescribed in 2015. Gulware, a Hongjo Asian Games Bronze medalist, launched a measured race to become the first Indian in the ongoing edition of the Asian Meet, to win the back-to-back gold. The 26 -year -old won the men’s 10,000 meter gold on the early day. He said, “My goal in Gumi was to win the first place in both 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters. Although the weather conditions were not ideal during both events, I clung to my plan to get a good time,” he said. Thailand’s Keran Tutivate was second since the time of 13: 24.97, while Nagia Mori of Japan finished the third clocking 13: 25.06S. Another Indian, Abhishek Pal, came in the sixth position in the field with time of 13: 33.51.Worship makes historyHaryana Mason’s daughter Pooja made history after becoming only the second Indian woman to win gold at the Asian level. Bobby Aloxius won the Gold Way back in 2000, followed by a silver in the 2002 version of The Continental Meat. The promising 18 -year -old approved the bar at 1.89 meters to post an individual best post and win the second gold of the day. He tried to increase the bar, but was not able to clean 1.92 meters in all three attempts. “It was a good day for me because I was one of the champions at the senior continental level,” said Pooja.Nandini 3 Indian woman to win Heptathlet GoldIndia’s third gold came through Nandini Agasara, who won one-to-one on the Liu Jingi of China to claim a sensational top podium finish in Heptathlon. The Indian was trailing its Chinese rival from 800 meters from 54 points, and made a stunning comeback to secure a total of 5941 points. Jingyi finished second with 5869 points, while Chinese Taipei’s Ka Juan Chen scored 5608 points in third place. After Soma Biswas (2005) and Swapna Burman (2017), Nandini became only the third Indian woman to win an Asian Heptathlon Gold.Parul 3000mParul Chaudhary scored a good run in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplecase, which improves the national records 9: 12.96S, finishing its silver. “My race strategy was to live with the leading runner (Nora Jeruto Tanui of Kazakhstan). I tried my best, but she proceeded in the last lap. I was happy to improve the national record,” Parul said.Men’s 4×100 meter relay team disqualifiedThis was a bad day for the men’s 4×100 meter relay team – Manikanta Hocolidar, Amlan Borghehen, Rahul Kumar and Pranav Gurva – as they were disqualified during the heat for the baton exchange outside the zone.
