On the final day of Asian Athletics Championship, India’s Tintu Luka bagged her maiden gold in women’s 800 m finals and India finished the day with five medals. India secured a medal haul of 4 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze in the 21st Asian Athletics championships to finish third behind China (15, 13, 13) and Qatar (7, 2, 1). Japan (4, 3, 11) and Bahrain (3, 3, 2) finished fourth and fifth respectively.
Gold Medal Winners
- Lalita Babar (3000m steeplechase)
- Tintu Luka (800m)
- Vikas Gowda (discus throw)
- Inderjit Singh (shot put)
Silver Medal Winners
- MR Poovamma (400m)
- G Lakshmanan (10,000m)
- Liksy Joseph (Heptathlon)
- Jinson Johnson (800m and women’s 4x400m relay team)
Bronze Medal Winners
- Dharambir Singh (200m)
- Lakshmanan (5,000m)
- Purnima Hembram (heptathlon)
- Sarbani Nanda (200m)
