Unheralded Gomathi Marimuthu gave India its first gold medal in the women\u2019s 800m race as the country added four medals on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships here on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 30-year-old clocked a\n personal best time of 2 minute 02.70 seconds in the half mile event to \nwin a surprise gold for India.Shivpal Singh then added a silver in men\u2019s\n javelin throw by sending the spear to a distance of 86.23m, his \npersonal best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the process, the 23-year-old also booked a \nberth for the World Championships to be held at the same venue in \nSeptember-October as he crossed the qualifying mark of 83m. Jabir Madari\n Palliyalil and Saritaben Gayakwad bagged a bronze each in men\u2019s and \nwomen\u2019s 400m hurdles respectively to swell the Indian medal tally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With\n the four medals on Monday, India\u2019s medal tally stood at 1 gold, 3 \nsilver and 5 bronze. India had won 2 silver and 3 bronze on the first \nday on Sunday.His male counterpart Jabir then added a bronze by running \nthe third fastest men\u2019s 400m hurdles by an Indian as he clocked a \npersonal best of 49.13 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the process, the 22-year-old \nJabir joined national record holder Dharun Ayyasamy as the second Indian\n to qualify for the World Championships 400m hurdles event to be held at\n the same venue in September-October. The World Championships qualifying\n mark is 49.30 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dharun, who set a new national record of \n48.80 during the Federation Cup last month, missed this Asian \nChampionships due to injury.Pre-race favourite Abderrehman Samba of \nQatar won gold with a world leading time of 47.51 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the\n women\u2019s 100m dash, Dutee bettered her own national record of 11.28 \nseconds set on Sunday during the heats by clocking 11.26 seconds while \nwinning her semifinal race on Monday. She is, however, yet to touch the \nWorld Championships qualification mark of 11.24.However in the men\u2019s \n400m, India suffered setbacks as defending champion Muhammed Anas and \nlast edition silver winner Arokia Rajiv failed to win a medal. \n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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