Swapna clinches silver at Asian Athletics Championships

Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina, who finished at the fifth spot in the Asian Games, defeated Asian Games gold medallist Swapna.

Doha: Swapna Barman and the 4x400m Indian relay team clinched the silver medals on Tuesday as the Indian contingent took its tally to 13 at the end of the third day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2019 here.

Uzbekistan's Ekaterina Voronina, who finished at the fifth spot in the Asian Games, defeated Asian Games gold medallist Swapna and won the women's heptathlon gold with a world-leading total of 6198 points.

Swapna notched her personal best in the 200m heptathlon event but appeared to have lost some crucial points in the javelin throw, where she could manage only 46.83m. She had a personal best of 50.63m in the event.

“I’m not very happy, I’m not pleased with my javelin throw result. My preparations were not good, I’m an injury queen, you know…had a problem with my ankle,” the 22-year-old from West Bengal, whose 5993 points brought her the silver, said. Ekaterina had finished fifth at the Asian Games.

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India won the second silver medal of the day when the mixed relay team of Muhammed Anas, M. R. Poovamma, V.K. Vismaya and Arokia Rajiv clocked 3:16.47s to finish second in the 4x400m event. The Indian quartet missed the services of Hima Das, who had pulled out midway through the 400m heats earlier with back pain.

Meanwhile, Sanjivani Jadhav was the third Indian medallist of the day as she clinched bronze in the women's 10,00m race.

Dutee storms into 200m final

Dutee Chand, who had missed a medal in the women's 100m on Monday night after finishing fifth, qualified for the 200m final. Bahrain's Salwa Eid Naser was the fastest qualifier to the final.