Indian sports wrap, February 19
ATHLETICS
Asian indoor athletic championship: India’s Ankita wins silver in women’s 3000m
India’s Ankita won a silver in the women’s 3000m at the Asian indoor athletics championships in Tehran on Monday.
Meanwhile, India’s Asian Games silver medallist Muhammed Afsal finished a disappointing sixth in the men’s 800m (1:55.16s), while Baranica Elangovan was fifth in the women’s pole vault with 3.80m.
Results (Gold and Indian performances)
Men: 800m: 1. Ebrahim Alzofairi (Kuw) 1:46.80s, 6. Muhammed Afsal (Ind) 1:55.16.
Women: 800m: 1. Toktam Dastarbandan (IRI) 2:09.17s.
3000m: 1. Yuma Yamamoto (Jpn) 9:16.71s. 2. Ankita (Ind) 9:26.22.
Pole-vault: 1. Li Ning (Chn) 4.51m, 5. Baranica Elangovan (Ind) 3.80. 4x400m: 1. Kazakhstan (3:41.08s).
-Stan Rayan