Sports News | Shot Putter Siddharth Choudhary Wins Gold at Asian U-20 Athletics Championship

Yecheon (South Korea), Jun 5 (PTI) Shot putter Siddharth Choudhary clinched India's third gold of the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship here with a personal best throw of 19.52m on Monday.

The 17-year-old Choudhary achieved his best throw of 19.52m in his third attempt to better his earlier personal best of 19.11m at the junior level.

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Javelin thrower Shivam Lohakare (72.34m), men's 3000m steeplechaser Sharuk Khan (8:51.74s) and long jumper Susmita (5.96m) won a silver medal each on the second day of competitions.

The 4x400m relay team (3:30.12s) and 800m runner Shakeel (1:49.79s) won a bronze each.

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Fast-rising Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh had clinched a gold medal each in women's 400m race and men's discus throw respectively on the opening day on Sunday. PTI PDS AM

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