While the morning consultation on the National stadium noticed the likes of decathlete Tejaswin Shankar (bronze, 7527 issues) combating the stifling warmth, showers within the night time made it tough for the athletes to grip the monitor. But sooner than it poured in, Aishwarya Ok Mishra gained India’s 2d bronze in ladies’s 400m.
The level used to be set for a thrilling fight within the hurdles with Jyothi, Asuka Terada, Masumi Aoki (each Japan) and China’s Wu Yanni, all with sub-13s occasions this 12 months, lining up for the starter’s gun.
The athletes have been off in a flash however have been referred to as again as Yanni jumped the gun. The Chinese lady used to be no longer in a position to depart regardless of the pink card and her protests behind schedule the beginning by way of every other 5-10 minutes.
With the Chinese out of the race, the fight used to be now between Jyothi and the 2 Japanese ladies who flanked her. The Indian, who got here 0.1 2d with reference to surroundings a brand new Asian file within the heats, used to be off to a gradual get started however fought her approach into the lead.
Despite a couple of minor errors at the previous few hurdles, Jyothi pulled clear of Asuka and Masumi to win in 13.09 seconds.
Ajay regains Asian identify
After surrendering his males’s 1500m identify within the 2019 version, the place he settled for the silver, Saroj regained his gold with a blazing run that left his opponents dazed.
The six-time nationwide champion used to be nowhere within the main bunch on the bell however sped away in the house stretch to win in 3 mins, 41.51 seconds.
In males’s triple bounce, CWG silver medalist Abdulla Aboobacker once more proved that he flourishes at the large level as he overcame a hunch in shape to seek out the golden soar.
The Indian used to be in peril of lacking a top-8 end after two rounds as he controlled a easiest of most effective 15.80m after fouling his first bounce. But a 16.54m became out to be the
The self belief booster as Indian Air Force JWO discovered his easiest of 16.92 on his fourth strive.
With gold confident, he skipped his final bounce.
RESULTS:
Men
400m: 1. Kentaro Sato (Jpn, 45s), 2. Fuga Sato (Jpn, 45.13), 3. Yousef Ahmed Masrahi (Ksa, 45.19), 4. Muhammed V Ajmal (Ind, 45.36 SB), 6. Rajesh Ramesh ( Ind, 45.67 SB)
1500m: 1. Ajay Kumar Saroj (Ind, 3:41.51s), 2. Yusuke Takahashi (Jpn, 3:42.04), 3. Liu Dezhu (Chn, 3:42.30), 11. Jinson Johnson (Ind. 3:46.91 )
Hammer throw: 1. Qi Wang (Chn, 72.13m), 2. Sukhrob Khodjaev (Uzb, 71.83), 3. Shota Fukuda (Jpn, 71.80)
Triple bounce: 1. Abdulla Aboobacker (Ind, 16.92m SB), 2. Hikaru Ikehata (Jpn, 16.73), 3. Kim Jangwoo (Kor, 16.59)
Decathlon: 1. Yuma Maruyama (Jpn, 7745 issues), 2. Suttisak Singkhon (Tha, 7626), 3. Tejaswin Shankar (Ind, 7527)
WOMEN
400m: 1. Ramanayaka Nadeesha (Sri, 52.61s), 2. Farida Solieva (Uzb, 52.95), 3. Aishwarya Ok Mishra (Ind, 53.07)
10,000m: 1. Haruka Kokai (Jpn, 32:59.36), 2. Momoka Kawaguchi (Jpn, 33:18.72), 3. Bayartsogt Munkhzaya (Mgl, 33:24.79)
100m Hurdles: 1. Jyothi Yarraji (Ind, 13.09s), 2. Asuka Terada (Jpn, 13.13s), 3. Masumi Aoki (Jpn, 13.26s)
High bounce: 1. Ovchinnikova Kristina (Kaz, 1.86m), 2. Matveyeva Yelizaveta (Kaz, 1.86), 3. Svetlana Radzivil (Uzb, 1.83), 7. Pooja (Ind, 1.75) & Rubina Yadav (Ind, 1.75)
Hammer throw: 1. Zhao Jie (Chn, 69.39m), 2. Joy McArthur (Jpn, 66.56), 3. Raika Murakami (Jpn, 64.17)