Asian U23 Athletics: Shivaji bags second silver as India add three medals on Day 3

Ordos (China), Jul 11 (PTI) Promising distance runner Shivaji Parashuram claimed his second silver after finishing runner-up in the men's 10,000m with his personal best timing in the inaugural Asian U23 Athletics Championships, here on Saturday. Discus thrower Priya and 400m hurdler Shravani Sangle added bronze as India added three medals on the third and penultimate day to take India's tally to 11 medals. It was Shivaji's second medal of the championships after finishing second in the men's 5,000m on the opening day. The Indian stayed in contention for gold for much of the gruelling 25-lap race before settling for silver in a personal-best time of 29:33.54. Japan's Yoshihiro Kusuoka won the gold in 29:29.34, while China's Jinzhi Jiang claimed bronze in 29:42.54. India's Shailesh Kushwaha narrowly missed out on a podium finish, finishing fourth in 30:46.78. In the women's discus throw, Priya clinched the bronze with a best effort of 50.44m, which was achieved on her third attempt. China dominated the event, with Zhichao Jiang winning the gold with a throw of 58.63m and compatriot Jingru Huang taking silver with 55.33m. Shravani Sangle added another bronze in the women's 400m hurdles, clocking 58.09 seconds. Chinese Taipei's Hsin Ju Chung struck gold in 57.41 seconds, while Uzbekistan's Nurkhon Ochilova took silver in 57.99 seconds. India came close to adding more medals in several events. Anupriya VS finished fourth in the women's shot put with a best throw of 14.97m, while Shreeya Rajesh was fourth in the women's 100m hurdles in 13.49 seconds. Sabita Toppo finished sixth in the same event with a time of 13.73 seconds. In the men's long jump, Mohd Atta Sazid finished fifth with a best leap of 7.72m. India's Astik Pradhan was fifth in the men's 400m in 46.33 seconds, while compatriot Setu Mishra finished seventh in 47.26 seconds. PTI TAP UNG