DOHA: PU Chitra led the fee with a gold in girls's 1500m race as India picked up four medals on the fourth and ultimate day of competitions to end at fourth at the medal tally in the Asian Athletics Championships on Wednesday.
Chitra defended the name she had won in the 2017 version to present India its third gold medal whilst Ajay Kumar Saroj (men's 1500m) and the women's 4x400m relay workforce clinched a silver every at the Khalifa Stadium.
Sprinter Dutee Chand added a bronze in girls's 200m to take India's medal tally to 3 Gold, 7 silver and seven bronze.
But there was once a overdue drama as India was once to start with declared to have won a silver in men's 4x400m relay with a time of three:03.28, in the back of Japan (3:02.94) but the jury later disqualified the workforce for impeding an athlete after protest through China. The disqualification was once completed below rule 163.2.
India filed an appeal in opposition to the jury's decision to disqualify its workforce from the 4x400m relay race but it surely was once rejected.
China, who to start with finished third, was once given the silver whilst Qatar was once upgraded to bronze from fourth place.
The jolt lowered India's general medal tally through one from 18 to 17 but didn't, alternatively, result to any adjustments in India's standing in the medal tally.
India had won 29 medals (12 Gold, 5 silver, 12 bronze) in the closing version in Bhubaneswar in 2017, topping the medal tally for the first time.
This time, Bahrain topped the medal tally with 11 gold, 7 silver and four bronze, adopted through China (10 gold, 13 silver, 7 bronze), Japan (5 gold, four silver, nine bronze) and India.
This was once the second one time since 1983 that China has been pushed to the second one spot. India did that in 2017 whilst Bahrain did the same this time.
India's tally of 17 medals will also be regarded as creditable as the workforce was once a depleted one without probably the most medal contenders, including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, because of injuries.
The championships as standard didn't see probably the most easiest athletes on this planet who most popular to concentrate on the World Championships to be held at the similar venue in September-October.
For India, the spotlight of the final day fell on Chitra as she beat two Bahraini runners to clinch the gold in the girls's 1500m race. She overtook Bahraini runner Tigest Gashaw only a few metres earlier than the finishing line to win the race in four minute 14.56 seconds.
This was once India's third gold of the championships after Gomathi Marimuthu (girls's 800m) and Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (men's shot put) won a yellow steel every on the second one day on Monday.
Gashaw clocked four:14.81 for the silver whilst another Bahraini Mutile Winfred Yavi took the bronze in four:16.18.
"Got a little nervous towards the end being next to Bahraini runner (Gashaw Tigest). She beat me to third place in Asian Games. I had to really push hard in the end," mentioned the 23-year-old Chitra who had won a bronze in the Jakarta Asian Games.
Chitra had won gold in the 2017 version in Bhubaneswar in four:17.92.
While Chitra defended her name, her male counterpart Saroj (1500m) and the women's 4x400m relay workforce failed to do the same.
Saroj, who had won gold in 2017, clocked a season easiest time of three minute 43.18 seconds to clinch a silver in the back of Bahrain's Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich who clocked 3:42.85.
The girls's 4x400m relay quartet of Prachi, Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and VK Vismaya finished second with a time of three:32.21, in the back of the Bahraini quartet who clocked 3:32.10.
Dutee, who had finished a disappointing 5th in the 100m ultimate on Tuesday after smashing nationwide file twice, clocked 23.24 seconds to win the bronze in the girls's 200m.
After falling in the back of in the first 100m, she coated a lot of floor in the ultimate 100m stretch and got past 3 competitors at the end line.
Salwa Naser of Bahrain expectedly took the gold in 22.74 whilst Olga Safronova of Kazakhstan was once second in 22.87.
The 23-year-old Dutee, who had won a 200m silver in the Jakarta Asian Games, still missed the World Championships qualifying mark of 23.02. She has a personal easiest of 23.00.
"I am really very happy. I missed a medal in 100m & relay. I put too much effort in 100m, was not sure of medal in 200m. Just did my best & I am happy," Dutee mentioned.
In the women's discus throw, Navjeet Kaur (57.47m) and Kamalpreet Kaur (55.59m) came up with disappointing presentations to complete fourth and 5th respectively.
Chitra defended the name she had won in the 2017 version to present India its third gold medal whilst Ajay Kumar Saroj (men's 1500m) and the women's 4x400m relay workforce clinched a silver every at the Khalifa Stadium.
Sprinter Dutee Chand added a bronze in girls's 200m to take India's medal tally to 3 Gold, 7 silver and seven bronze.
But there was once a overdue drama as India was once to start with declared to have won a silver in men's 4x400m relay with a time of three:03.28, in the back of Japan (3:02.94) but the jury later disqualified the workforce for impeding an athlete after protest through China. The disqualification was once completed below rule 163.2.
India filed an appeal in opposition to the jury's decision to disqualify its workforce from the 4x400m relay race but it surely was once rejected.
China, who to start with finished third, was once given the silver whilst Qatar was once upgraded to bronze from fourth place.
The jolt lowered India's general medal tally through one from 18 to 17 but didn't, alternatively, result to any adjustments in India's standing in the medal tally.
India had won 29 medals (12 Gold, 5 silver, 12 bronze) in the closing version in Bhubaneswar in 2017, topping the medal tally for the first time.
This time, Bahrain topped the medal tally with 11 gold, 7 silver and four bronze, adopted through China (10 gold, 13 silver, 7 bronze), Japan (5 gold, four silver, nine bronze) and India.
This was once the second one time since 1983 that China has been pushed to the second one spot. India did that in 2017 whilst Bahrain did the same this time.
India's tally of 17 medals will also be regarded as creditable as the workforce was once a depleted one without probably the most medal contenders, including star javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra, because of injuries.
The championships as standard didn't see probably the most easiest athletes on this planet who most popular to concentrate on the World Championships to be held at the similar venue in September-October.
For India, the spotlight of the final day fell on Chitra as she beat two Bahraini runners to clinch the gold in the girls's 1500m race. She overtook Bahraini runner Tigest Gashaw only a few metres earlier than the finishing line to win the race in four minute 14.56 seconds.
This was once India's third gold of the championships after Gomathi Marimuthu (girls's 800m) and Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (men's shot put) won a yellow steel every on the second one day on Monday.
Gashaw clocked four:14.81 for the silver whilst another Bahraini Mutile Winfred Yavi took the bronze in four:16.18.
"Got a little nervous towards the end being next to Bahraini runner (Gashaw Tigest). She beat me to third place in Asian Games. I had to really push hard in the end," mentioned the 23-year-old Chitra who had won a bronze in the Jakarta Asian Games.
Chitra had won gold in the 2017 version in Bhubaneswar in four:17.92.
While Chitra defended her name, her male counterpart Saroj (1500m) and the women's 4x400m relay workforce failed to do the same.
Saroj, who had won gold in 2017, clocked a season easiest time of three minute 43.18 seconds to clinch a silver in the back of Bahrain's Abraham Kipchirchir Rotich who clocked 3:42.85.
The girls's 4x400m relay quartet of Prachi, Poovamma, Saritaben Gayakwad and VK Vismaya finished second with a time of three:32.21, in the back of the Bahraini quartet who clocked 3:32.10.
Dutee, who had finished a disappointing 5th in the 100m ultimate on Tuesday after smashing nationwide file twice, clocked 23.24 seconds to win the bronze in the girls's 200m.
After falling in the back of in the first 100m, she coated a lot of floor in the ultimate 100m stretch and got past 3 competitors at the end line.
Salwa Naser of Bahrain expectedly took the gold in 22.74 whilst Olga Safronova of Kazakhstan was once second in 22.87.
The 23-year-old Dutee, who had won a 200m silver in the Jakarta Asian Games, still missed the World Championships qualifying mark of 23.02. She has a personal easiest of 23.00.
"I am really very happy. I missed a medal in 100m & relay. I put too much effort in 100m, was not sure of medal in 200m. Just did my best & I am happy," Dutee mentioned.
In the women's discus throw, Navjeet Kaur (57.47m) and Kamalpreet Kaur (55.59m) came up with disappointing presentations to complete fourth and 5th respectively.
PU Chitra wins gold to help India finish 4th at Asian Athletics
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