Spectacular efficiency by Indian athletics contingent at Asian Cross Nation in Hong Kong « Athletics Federation of India

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Versatile Indian athletes tamed the picturesque Hong Kong Golf Membership course to win seven gold medals together with three in particular person classes on the Asian Cross Nation Championships held right here on Sunday.

The elite Indian athletes dominated their season’s first continental cross nation and walked away with 11 medals, together with three silver and one bronze in particular person class.

India gained gold in all 4 group classes —males, men and women U20 and girls U20.

Whereas it was a clear sweep within the males’s particular person 10km occasion, Indian feminine athletes claimed gold and silver within the particular person 10km race however missed out on bronze.

Asian Video games medalist and nationwide report holder over 5,000m and 10,000m monitor occasions, Gulveer Singh, topped the chart within the males’s 10km race. His gold medal profitable time was 32:43. Abhishek Pal was shut second with a time of 32:49, whereas Arun Rathod completed third 32:51. India’s Kartik Kumar was fourth.

India’s Seema clocked 37:20 edge previous compatriot Sanjivani Jadhav to win gold. Sanjivani, who had an an identical time of 37:20 settled for silver.

Outcomes:

Girls (10km): Seema 37:20, Sanjivani Jadhav 37:20, He Wuga (China) 38:02.

Group: India (Seema, Sanjivani Jadhav, Ankita (4), Sonika (14).

Girls (U20) 6km: Li Yuan (China) 22:59, Shilpaben Veljibhai Dihora (India) 23:04, Fang Yujia (China) 23:05.

Group: India (Shilpaben Veljibhai Dihora (2), Prachi Ankush Devikar (4), Sunita Devi (6), Ekta Dey (15), China, Hong Kong China.

Males: 10km: Gulveer Singh (India) 32:43, Abhishek Pal (India) 32:49, Arun Rathod (India) 32:51.

Group: India (Gulveer Singh (1), Abhishek Pal (2), Arun Rathod (3), Kartik Kumar (4), China, Hong Kong China.

Males: U20: 8km: Vinod Singh (India) 26:30, Fu Qiguang (China) 26:33, Yu Shuiquing (China) 26:44.

Group: India (Vinod Singh, Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale (4), Kripashankar Yadav (5), Amardeep Pal (6), China, Hong Kong China.

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