Live Blog : India at Asian Athletics Championships 2023

AND ITS A BRONZE!! Abhishek Pal ran a brilliant last lap to grab a Bronze medal in 10,000m race with a timing of 29:33.26 behind Japanese and Kazak athlete

BRONZE MEDAL ALERT !! SPECIAL ONE And TejaswinShankar scores a strong 7527 to win a much deserved Decathlon Bronze Medal at Asia.

Gulveer & Abhishek | 10000m Final

In the 10,000m race it was Sanjivani Jadhav who came 4th behind the Japanese and Mongolian runner with a time of 34:04.47

Tejaswin wins the last event of his day as he crosses the line in 49.57 seconds to accumulate 835 points. He leads on day1 with 4124 points with a 100 points gap

Tejaswin | Decathlon 400m

Swapna goes to 5840 and grabs a well deserved Silver Medal in Heptathlon which was won at 6096

GOLD NUMBER THREE FOR THE DAY. Triple Jumper Abdulla Aboobacker jumped to a season best 16.92 to grab Gold Medal

Aishwarya Mishra makes comfortable Final as she clocks a 53.58 sec to win the H2 of 400m race

GOLD MEDAL IT IS AND A NEW NATIONAL RECORD the Mixed 4*400 team of Rajesh, Aishwarya, Amoj and Subha have won the Gold medal at #AsianAthleticsChampionships clocking 3:14.70

The Indian team, comprising Rajesh Ramesh, Aishwarya Mishra, Amoj Jacob and Subha Venkatesan, had to stave off a strong challenge from Japan in the last two legs before winning the gold in 3:14.70s which was also a new national record.

Indian women 4*400 team struggled for most part of it and finally salvaged a bronze medal losing to Sri Lanka in closing stages while Vietnam looked clear for most of the part. We clocked 3:33.73

Both P Yashas and T Santosh Kumar make it to the finals in the men’s 400mH as they clock 49.60 and 50.06 second timings respectively.. All the best to both of them for the finals that are slated for tomorrow!

GOLD RAINING !! Its Ajay Kumar Saroj who ran a fabulous race over 1500m to grab the Gold Medal at Asian Athletics Championships. He clocked 3:41.51 to win Gold while Jinson stood 11th with a time of 3:46.91

Aishwarya | 400m | H2

Md Ajmal up next and what race it’s turning out to be as top 3 finish within 0.02 seconds. Our guy comes up at fourth but that’s enough to make it to Finals tomorrow with a 45.76

Swapna after Day1 is on 3392 chased by Yamasaki who is behind 33 points while the leader is 56 p

It was a struggle for Swapna who was leading after two events finds herself lagging behind on the second spot after two average performances in Shot put and 200m. Swapna came in 5th place with a time of 26.26 while the leader Voronina was first with 25.13

ITS A BRONZE MEDAL in the 400m Women race as Aishwarya Mishra who clocked 53.07 to win the medal behind SriLankan and Uzbek runner

Silver medal for Shaili Singh as the Japanese came up with a personal best and championship record of 6.97, Shaili did a 6.54m jump to be placed at second spot. Ancy was at fourth place with a 6.41m jump

Its the Semifinal time for Rajesh Ramesh and he makes it with a third place finish of 45.91

Both the Indian entry in the 400m Finals came up with the season best performance but that wasn’t enough for them to make the podium. Md Ajmal with a 45.36 stood 4th and Rajesh with a 45.67 was sixth

At the LongJump event Shaili is all ready for the last jump but its going to be a difficult one as the Japanese has created a new Championships record of 6.97

Manu DP finishes 2nd in Javelin Throw at #AsianAthleticsChampionships with his best throw of 81.01m coming in the final round. A well deserved medal for Manu who has been throwing consistently in the past 1.5 years.

Fierce battle going on in the long jump as Lin Yu Tang created a new Championship record of 8.4 which was better than Sreeshankar 8.37m. But hang on Sreeshankar has made it to Paris qualifying mark

Lili Das finished a disappointing 7th in 1500m race with a time of 4:27.61

400m Finals up next and there is some delay. Our two boys are in the fray. Md Ajmal & Rajesh Ramesh

No medal for Annu Rani in women’s Javelin Throw at #AsianAthleticsChampionships as she finishes 4th with a best throw of 59.10m. Annu couldn’t cross 60m in buildup to this event

Ajmal & Rajesh | 400m Semifinal*

Jyothi yet again looked so comfortable as she won her heat in Semis convincingly clocking 23.29sec, this is fastest time across both the semis

Jyothi wins a well deserved Silver medal in 200m race with a personal best of 23.13 seconds. This gets India yet another silver for the day. Jyothi who had won a gold medal in 100m Hurdles caps off a good tournament

Sarvesh has won Silver medal in HighJump with a best effort of 2.26m which is also his season best

GOLD MEDAL FOR PARUL. What a race for Parul Chaudhary who led most of the part to claim the gold medal in 3000m Steeplechase for a time of 9:38.76 while Priti missed bronze medal by 0.02 second

WE HAVE OUR FIRST GOLD. Its that girl again as Jyothi Yarraji gave no chance to the Japanese and crossed the finish line of 100m Hurdles first in 13.09 second. Nithya finished 4th 13.55 second.

Tejaswin comes up with a 2.14m jump to take 934 points. He leads currently by 81 points

Its a yet another 2-3 finish for India as in the shotput it was veteran Abha who threw 18.06 got silver while Manpreet did a 17.00m for bronze

Lili | 1500m Women Final

Abdulla goes to TOP as he jumps to 16.54m in his third attempt. Can we smell the First Gold here

Gulveer grabs an impressive bronze medal in the 5000m race with a time of 13:48.33, Abhishek was 14th with a time of 15:00.03

In the women 800m Chanda won her heat with a time of 2:04.55 while Lavika who clocked 2:09.06 to make it as fastest loser

In the men 3000m Steeplechase race Bal Kishan came up fourth with a time of 8:46.98 while Md Nurhasan didn’t finish the race

Rubina could only manage a 1.75m jump as she failed to cross the 1.8 bar in three attempts, the youngster Pooja has just one attempt left

Surprise Surprise and we have the SriLankan with a 59.32 throw to place on third position with Japanese and Chinese in top two

The top three spots in Triple Jump are with Kor 16.52, Chn 16.39 and Jpn 16.18

Annurani has started with a decent throw of 55.31 and bettered it with 58.70 in second one

GOLD MEDAL ALERT 🚨 Its a much deserved Gold Medal for Asian Record Holder Tajinder Singh Toor who threw the put to 20.23m in his second throw and didnt have to return back for further throws

Abdulla has jumped 15.80m in his second attempt and has gone to 6th place

In the high jump while Tejaswin could manage a 2.10m jump Sarvesh is going strong and currently on 2.26m

Sreeshankar who had a foul in second attempt has come up with a 8.12m jump to regain the top spot

Both Pooja and Rubina have cleared 1.75m for records Pooja is 16 year old

In the 800m both the Indian runners have made it to Finals slated tomorrow, while Afsal clocked 1:48.86 to finish 3rd in H1 to make it fastest loser while Krishan Kumar won his heat with a time of 1:48.97

Its a Silver-Bronze finish for India as Parul and Ankita did well in 5000m race, while for Parul it was the second medal for the championships it was a good outing for young Ankita

Once again its Tejaswin who will kick start the session for India as he will be up in his pet event High Jump, remember he moved from HJ to Decathlon not long ago. He has chosen to come at 1.99m right when hopefully everyone is already done

Santhosh has won a bronze medal in 400m hurdles with a time of 49.09 seconds, a race in which Yashas didn’t start.

Welcome back for the afternoon session at Bangkok, lot to look forward from Indian perspective

Annu | Women Javelin Final

At the high jump action for Women it is Pooja and Rubina who have cleared the first jump of 1.6m

Shaili Singh comes up with a 6.54m jump in her very first attempt to be placed first, Ancy has 6.18 for a fifth place for now

In Triple Jump we have Abdulla who has a foul on the first jump