Athletics News
At 13th Asian Athletic Championship, Kobe, Japan

India finished with 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 8 Bronze Medals.

Mayookha Johny won the long jump gold with 6.56m, but failed to qualify World Championship and Olympics where qualifying mark was 6.65m ... She also won the bronze in the Women Triple Jump with 14.11m jump a new national record ... With that jump Mayookha Johny has qualifed for the London Olympics and the World championships in the Triple Jump for Group B.

Vikas Gowda won the Silver in the Men's Discuss Throw with 61.58m ... Sudha Singh won the Silver in Women 3000 M Steeplechase with timing 10:08.52

Preeja Sreedharan won the bronze in 10,000m with 33:15.55 and Kavita Raut finished on 6th ... Bharat Singh won the bronze in Decathlon with 7358 points ... Harwant Kaur won the bronze in Discuss Throw Women with 57.99m and Krishna Poona finished on 4th ... In 1500m Women race OP Jaisha won the bronze with 4:21.41 ... Tintu Luka won the Bronze Women 800m with 2:02.55 ... Om Prakash won the Bronze in Men Shot put with 19.47m throw ... Ghamanda Ram gave personal best timing of 1:46.46 to won the Bronze in Men 800m.

Susmita Roy in Heptathlon and Joseph Abraham in Men 400m hurdles won 4th positions.