Hangzhou [China], October 3 (ANI): Indian hurdler Vithya Ramraj, who equaled PT Usha's 39-year-old national record, clinched a bronze medal in the Women's 400m Hurdles Final of the ongoing 19th Asian Games on Tuesday.

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Ramraj finished with a timing of 55.68s, which is only 0.26s behind her personal best. The gold medal went to Bahrain's Oluwakemi Mudijat Adekoya, who finished in a Games record 54.45s while China’s Mo Jiadie won silver with a season’s best of 55.01.

Keeping up with a great pace on track, the sensational athlete made an impressive comeback for the third position after having been in 4th position at around the halfway point. 

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This is Ramraj’s second medal in the event, the athlete from Coimbatore was also a part of the silver medal-winning 4x400m mixed relay team along with Muhammed Ajmal, Rajesh Ramesh and Subha Venkatesan. (ANI)

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