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New Indian Express
28-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
India's Rupal, Pooja win silver, Yoonus bags bronze at Asian Athletics Championships
GUMI: India added three more medals to its tally on day two of the Asian Athletics Championships with Rupal Chaudhary and Pooja winning silver, and Yoonus Shah claiming bronze here on Wednesday. Quarter-miler Rupal opened India' account for the day, clocking 52.68 seconds to finish second in the women's 400m final. Fellow Indian Vithya Ramraj was placed fifth with a time of 53.00 seconds. The gold went to Japan's Nanako Matsumoto (52.17s), while Uzbekistan's Jonbibi Hukmova (52.79s) took bronze. Pooja secured India's second silver with a time of 4:10. 83 in the women's 1500m, while Yoonus Shah clocked 3:43. 03 in the men's 1500m to finish third. National record holder Gulveer Singh snared India's first gold with a top finish in the men's 10,000m event, while Servin Sebastian clinched the 20km race walk bronze on the opening day of the competition.
Time of India
28-05-2025
- Sport
- Time of India
India's Rupal, Pooja win silver; Yoonus bags bronze at Asian Athletics Championships
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel Women took centre-stage for India on day two of the Asian Athletics Championships with Rupal Chaudhary (400m) and Pooja (1500m) snaring silver medals here on Wednesday. Yoonus Shah 's men's 1500m bronze took the country's overall tally to five, including a gold claimed by Gulveer Singh (10,000m) on Rupal opened India's account for the day, clocking 52.68 seconds to finish second in the women's 400m final . Fellow Indian Vithya Ramraj was placed fifth with a time of 53.00 gold went to Japan's Nanako Matsumoto (52.17s), while Uzbekistan's Jonbibi Hukmova (52.79s) took followed with another silver, clocking 4:10.83sec in the women's 1500m, just ahead of compatriot Lili Das, who finished fourth (4:13.81sec).Li Chunhui of China (4:10.58) won the gold while and Japan's Tomaka Kimura ran a season's best time of 4:11.56 to claim the bronze had scripted history by becoming the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the World U20 Athletics Championships in 2022, claiming a silver in the 4x400m relay followed by a bronze in the women's 400m events back from a farming family in Shahpur Jainpur village in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, the 20-year-old is being seen as a bright the men's 1500m, Yoonus Shah clinched bronze with a time of 3:43.03, pushing India's medal count to runner Kazuto Lizawa ran a personal best of 3:42.56 to take home the coveted gold medal while South Koreas Jaeung Lee (3:42.79) finished from national record-holder Gulveer's gold, Servin Sebastian clinched the 20km race walk bronze on the opening day of the other results, Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi ran a personal best of 45.57s in the men's 400m but that could only fetch him a fourth-place jumpers Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan qualified for the final of the women's long jump had a best effort 6.17m, the third best in the 20-woman field. Ancy 6.14m sealed her place in the Jyoti Yarraji qualified for the next round after finishing with a time of 13.18secs in her heat. She crossed the line in third position.
