Asian Games athletics competition day three ended in Hanzhou's brand new athletics stadium as Indian athletes wins a medal in every single finals in the programme. The Indian team have secured nine medals, including two golds and back on track.
Tajinder Pal Toor retains his title in shot put with a 20.36 throw in very last attempt. The Asian record holder from India entered in the final attempts in silver position, but improved his mark 30 centimeters to clinch title. Mohamed Tolo of Saudi Arabia took silver as Chinese national champion Liu Yang finished it in the third spot.
India's another title came in steeplechase. Avinash Sable wins thirteen men final in 300m steeplechase as he broke games record by 8:19.50. Sable followed by Japanese runners Aoki and Sunada, both clocked under 8 minutes 30 seconds.
China's winning circle expanding into third day at the Games thanks to 2022 World champion Feng Bing easily claimed discus title as heptathlete Zheng Ninali and hurdler Lin Yuwei wins their events. In the men's side, Wang Jianan almost equalled his own games record in long jump final where he won the competition after 8.22m effort. India's Sreeshankar tried hard to beat Chinese rival and just came three centimetres short, landed to a silver in 8.19m.
Bahraini women has extended their streak in 1500 metres to five games. World steeplechase champion Winfred Mutile Yavi recorded 4:11.65 in a crowdy final while Indian Harmilan Bains grabbed silver in the race between the Bahrainis.
Qatar's Mohamed Al-Garni earned his third Asian Games gold in 1500 metres men's final. He fiercely fought for gold with the strong Indian rivals as clocked 3:38.26 to beat them for the glory. The fresh Asian champion Ajay Kumar became second and Jinson Johnson finished third despite coming home for five seconds faster than his 2018 victory.
