New Delhi: Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary clinched gold in the women’s 5000m event on Tuesday in the ongoing Asian Games 2022 in Hangzhou, China.
A day after winning a silver medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event, Parul bagged the yellow metal with the timing of 15:14.75. This was India’s 14th gold at the Games.
India’s medals tally at the Asian Games went up to 69 medals on Tuesday after six came from the track and field events. India occupies fourth spot in medal standings with 15 gold, 26 silver and 28 bronze.
In men’s canoe double 1000m, India’s Arjun Singh and Sunil Singh Salam have picked up a bronze medal with a finish time of 3:53.329. Uzbekistan (GOLD with 3:43.796) and Kazakhstan (SILVER with 3:49.991) are the top two finishers in the event.
Shortly after, Preeti clinched bronze in boxing after suffering a defeat against China’s Yuan Chang in the women’s 54kg semifinal.
But the medal rush started with athletics in the evening session. Parul Chaudhary and Annu Rani won gold in 5000m and women’s javelin throw, respectively.
Tejaswin Shankar took the silver in the men’s decathlon with a national record score and Mohammed Afsal brought home another in the men’s 800m. The two bronze from athletics came from Praveen Chithravel in men’s triple jump and Vithya Ramraj in women’s 400m hurdles.
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