India finish third with 27 medals as Khatua breaks national record in shot put

Abha Khatua and Parul Chaudhary

Unheralded Abha Khatua equalled shot put national record while finishing second in a surprise performance while Jyothi Yarraji and Parul Chaudhary clinched their second medals - both silver - as India ended their campaign with 27 medals at the Asian Athletics Championships campaign at third spot here.

The 28-year-old Khatua sent the 4kg iron ball to a distance of 18.06m in her fourth throw to finish second behind Song Jiayuan (18.88m) of China. Apart from six gold medals, India also won 12 silver and nine bronze medals. India won 13 medals on the final day of the championship which included eight silver and five bronze medals.

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In other events, 23-year-old Yarraji added a 200m silver to her kitty on Sunday. She clocked a personal best time of 23.13 seconds to finish second. Ace Indian long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary also won her second medal of the championships with a silver in 5000m. Chaudhary clocked 15 minute 52.35 seconds to finish second. Ankita won the bronze in 16:03.33 as India secured two medals from the event.

Earlier, Kishan Kumar and KM Chanda clocked their personal best timings to win a silver medal each in the men's and women's 800m respectively. Kumar clocked 1:45.88 seconds to finish second while Chanda crossed the finish line in 2:01.58. In the morning session, Priyanka Goswami and Vikash Singh won silver and bronze medals in the women's and men's 20km race walk events respectively. National record holder Priyanka clocked 1 hour 34 minutes and 24 seconds to finish second in the women's 20km.

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