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 on Sunday.
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.
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).
Jithin Thomas ended up with a silver in men’s high jump with an effort of 2.21m. Nikil Chitrasu clear the same height of 2.21m but had to settle for a bronze. Kheta Ram bagged the only other silver for India as he finished second behind Nitendra in 500m race.
Krishna Poonia continued her below-par performance to bag a bronze with an effort of 55.41m. Renjith Maheswary also ended up with a bronze in men’s triple jump event.