India won two gold, three silver and as many bronzes on the opening day of the Asian Games invitational athletics test event in Jakarta on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Competing in his first event of the season, javelin thrower Devinder Singh Kang stamped Indian dominance in the event at the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium.<\/p>\n
Kang, a finalist at the 2017 World Championships in London, recorded a best effort of 75.87m to finish ahead of Ranasinghe Denagamage of Sri Lanka who<\/p>\n
had a best effort of 75.39m. 18-year-old Sachin Silwal added bronze for India with a best effort of 68.12m.<\/p>\n
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Kang, who recently began training under former world record holder Uwe Hohn, appeared out of touch initially and was trailing Denagamage until his final effort<\/p>\n
before producing a mark that put the gold medal out of reach of the Sri Lankan.<\/p>\n
Sonia Baishya added to India\u2019s medal tally with a gold in the women\u2019s 400m.<\/p>\n
Baishya, 22, ran the quartermile in 53.53 seconds to beat teammate Nithya Shree Ananda who clocked 54.34 seconds. It was a personal best for the West<\/p>\n
Bengal athlete bettering her previous best by 0.45 seconds.<\/p>\n
Jithu Baby bagged a silver with a strong performance in the men\u2019s 400m. Jithu, the gold medalist at the Indian National Open Championships last year, clocked<\/p>\n
46.88 seconds to finish 0.05 seconds behind Pattiya Mullewaththe of Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n
The other two medals were added by V Neena and Nayana James in the women\u2019s long jump event.<\/p>\n
Neena, the best Indian after Anju Bobby George, was nowhere near her best but still managed a leap of 6.42m. She finished ahead of compatriot James who<\/p>\n
cleared 6.16m in her final jump.<\/p>\n
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Competing in their first competition of the season, most Indian athletes appeared to be working their way into form. The exception though was Elakiyadasan<\/p>\n
Kannadasan. The Tamil Nadu sprinter had the worst possible start, with the slowest reaction time (0.152 seconds) and the disadvantage of running in the<\/p>\n
outermost lane.<\/p>\n
Despite this, Elakkiyadasan clocked a credible personal best of 10.38 seconds to claim a bronze medal in the 100m in just his first outdoor competition of the<\/p>\n
season.<\/p>\n
Elakiyadasan has been in impressive start to the year. Running in the Asian Indoor championships in Tehran last month, Elakkiyadasan had claimed bronze.<\/p>\n
With the season only warming up, the 22-year-old would be expecting to push himself even further with hopes of qualifying for the Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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