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Anu Kumar wins men's 800m at Asian Junior Athletics Championships

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Press Trust of India Gifu (Japan)
Last Updated : Jun 09 2018 | 8:05 PM IST

Middle distance runner Anu Kumar claimed a gold in the men's 800m and Arpandeep Kaur Bajwa grabbed a bronze in the women's discus throw as India added three more medals to its tally on the third day of the Junior Asian Athletics Championships.

With one day to go, Indian athletes have already won three gold medals, one silver and nine bronze medals at the event.

India won their third gold of the competition through Uttarakhand based runner Anu, who clocked 1:54.11 seconds to finish ahead of Iran's Abdolrahim Dorzadeh (1:54.23 seconds).

The third step on the podium was claimed by Japan's Fuki Torii who clocked a time of 1:54.55 seconds.

Anu, one of the brightest prospects in middle distance running in India, had won a silver medal in the 800m at the World School Games in France and had clocked 1:50.60 to take gold at the Junior Federation Cup in April this year.

While Kumar won gold much as he was expected to, there was a sense of relief for sprinter Gurvinder Singh who managed to secure a bronze medal in the men's 4x100m relay.

Singh was expected to do well in the men's 100m, having entered the competition after braking the junior national record with a time of 10.47 seconds. Here, though he faltered, clocking only 11.09 seconds to crash out in the heats.

In the relay though, Singh and the rest of the Indian team -- Prajwal Mandanna Kakera Ravi, Akash Kumar and Nitin Balakumar clocked a time of 40.75 seconds to claim a medal behind winners Japan (39.65 seconds) and Chinese Taipei (39.72 seconds)

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First Published: Jun 09 2018 | 8:05 PM IST

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