Indian athletes end Asian GP series with 12 medals in 3rd leg

Indian athletes ended their campaign in the three-leg Asian Grand Prix with an impressive 12-medal haul, including five gold, in the third meet of the series here today.
Woman quartermiler M R Poovamma stole the limelight as she bagged her third gold of the series in 400m while her male counterpart Rajiv Arokia grabbed his second gold today.
The Indians had won 12 medals (four gold, five silver, three silver) in the first leg in Bangkok on May 4, 10 medals (four gold, three silver, three bronze) at Chonburi on May 8 before today's 12 medals (five gold, two silver, five bronze).

Besides Poovamma and Rajiv, other gold winners were Arpinder Singh (men's triple jump), Siddhanth Thingalaya (men's 110m hurdles) and Nitendra Singh (men's 5000m).
After winning a gold each in the first two legs of the series, Jithin Thomas ended up with a silver today in men's high jump with an effort of 2.21m. Another Indian, Nikil Chitrasu clear the same height of 2.21m but had to settle for a bronze as he did that in more number of attempts. Chitrasu had won a silver in the first leg.
Kheta Ram bagged the only other silver for India today as he finished second behind Nitendra in 500m race.

Ace woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia seemed to be taking some time to hit her form as she continued her below-par performance to bag a bronze with an effort of 55.41m.