Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Highlights, Day 1: Abhishek Pal wins India 1st medal; claims 10000m bronze

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Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Highlights, Day 1: Abhishek Pal wins first Indian medal; claims bronze in men's 10000m
Tejaswin Shankar ends Day 1 as Decathlon leader
Annu Rani finishes fourth in women's javelin final

Gulveeer Singh finishes fifth in men's 10000m final
Lili Das finishes seventh in women's 1500m final
Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh qualify for men's 400m final
Aishwarya Mishra qualifies for women's 400m final
(Read all updates and results from Day 1 below)

Jul 12, 2023, 7:34 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live Updates

That's all from our Live coverage for the day as India open their medal tally with a bronze in men's 10000m final. Action will resume tomorrow morning with Tejaswin Shankar pushing for his maiden international medal in the decathlon. Do return tomorrow morning for all the coverage! This is your Aditya K Halder wishing you a good night!

Jul 12, 2023, 7:24 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's 10000m medal ceremony

Abhishek Pal wins his maiden international medal in Asia as he last won a silver medal in the Asia Juniors back in 2016, states senior journalist Rahul Pawar.

Jul 12, 2023, 7:18 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: 10000m medal ceremony delayed

The medal ceremony is delayed for some reason as it has been way past its scheduled time of 6:51 PM IST. Oh wait! it's starting now. Stay tuned for the image from the ceremony!

Jul 12, 2023, 6:58 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates

Images from the 10000m medal ceremony will be up next

Jul 12, 2023, 6:54 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's 10000m results

3. Abhishek Pal 29.33.26 seconds 5. Gulveer Singh 29.53.56 seconds

Jul 12, 2023, 6:46 pm IST

MEDAL ALERT! Abhishek Pal wins India's first medal at Asian Athletics Championships 2023

Abhishek Pal grabs the bronze medal in the men's 10000m final! The Indian long-distance-runner clocks 29.33.26 seconds to finish close to 15 seconds behind race winner Ren Tazawa. Gulveer Singh finishes fifth!

Jul 12, 2023, 6:23 pm IST

Working as a team!

Gulveer and Abhishek are pacing together to keep Japanese Imae behind for the third spot. Abhishek fetched water for the duo and shared with his teammate as Gulveer maintained the lead over Imae at the front! Could be India's first medal of the tournament!

Jul 12, 2023, 6:19 pm IST

Gulveer Singh and Abhishek remain in medal run

Three quarters of the race is over and Renji Tazawa is running alone at the top with Kimutai a distant second! Gulveer Singh and Abhishek Pal are contesting for third spot with Japan's Yuto Imae some 10 metres behind Kimutai.

Jul 12, 2023, 6:16 pm IST

Tejaswin Shankar at the finish line!

Meanwhile an image at the finish line from the decathlon 400m race as Tejaswin Shankar dominated the evening session!

Jul 12, 2023, 6:09 pm IST

Ren Tazawa and Shadrack Koech Kimutai pulling away

We are nearing the halfway mark, Ren Tazawa and Shadrack Koech Kimutai pull away as the leading runners now. Gulveer Singh is in the second group right behind with the other Japanese

Jul 12, 2023, 6:02 pm IST

Gulveer Singh and Abhishek Pal currently with leading group

Both Indian runners have managed to stay with the leading group led by the Japanese runners in the early stages of the race but still a long way to go!

Jul 12, 2023, 5:58 pm IST

Gulveer Singh and Abhishek Pal up next in men's 10000m final!

Gulveer Singh and Abhishek Pal will be competing next in the men's 1500m final at 5:56 PM IST in last event of the day. Singh, an Army runner, put up a strong show in the domestic events, winning the Federation Cup in Ranchi. All eyes on Japan's Ren Tazawa, who is currently the best in the continent, as Japanese dominate the event.

Jul 12, 2023, 5:53 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's decathlon combined result on Day 1

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's decathlon combined result on Day 1

Jul 12, 2023, 5:50 pm IST

Tejaswin Shankar wins 400m race to extend lead at the top!

Tejaswin clocks 49.57 seconds to take the top spot! He now has a lead of 100 points at the top as he bags 835 points in the event to keep Thailand's Suttisak Singhkhon at the second spot! The complete result to follow next!

Jul 12, 2023, 5:32 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Women's 1500m final results

Lili Das finished 7th with a timing of 4:27.61 seconds.

Jul 12, 2023, 5:31 pm IST

Tejaswin Shankar up next in Decathlon 400m race

Tejaswin Shankar will be looking to consolidate his position at the top as he competes in the fifth and final decathlon event of the day. Tejaswin clocked a 49.26 seconds in the Inter-State last month, will he improve on it?

Jul 12, 2023, 5:13 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Women's 400m qualifying heat 2 results

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Women's 400m qualifying heat 2 results

Jul 12, 2023, 5:12 pm IST

Aishwarya Mishra clocks 53.58 seconds to qualify for final

Aishwarya Mishra qualified for the women's 400m final with ease as she clocked 53.58 seconds while winning the race by a margin! Sri Lanka's Ramanayaka Nadeesha was the fastest overall at 53.06 seconds. Aishwarya Mishra's personal best is a 51.18 seconds from last season.

Jul 12, 2023, 4:58 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's 400m semifinal heat 2 result

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's 400m semifinal heat 2 result

Jul 12, 2023, 4:57 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's 400m semifinal heat 1 result

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's 400m semifinal heat 1 result

Jul 12, 2023, 4:54 pm IST

Rajesh Ramesh and Muhammad Ajmal qualify for men's 400m final

Rajesh Ramesh clocked 45.91 seconds to finish third in semifinal 1 and qualify for the final while Muhammad Ajmal clocked a strong 45.75 seconds to finish among the second-fastest runners in the two semifinal heats. Japan's Fuga Sato sets the pace with a timing of 45.61 seconds while compatriot Kentaro Sato was right behind at 45.64 seconds.

Jul 12, 2023, 4:49 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Women's Javelin throw final result

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Women's Javelin throw final result

Jul 12, 2023, 4:42 pm IST

Annu Rani misses out on medal

National record holder Annu Rani failed to breach the 60m mark and finished fourth in the women's javelin final as she couldn't improve on her second attempt of 59.10m. Marina Sato takes gold with a throw of 61.67m. The complete result to follow soon!

Jul 12, 2023, 4:38 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Men's decathlon combined results after high jump

Decathlon 400m is slated later today at 5:30 PM IST

Jul 12, 2023, 4:33 pm IST

Tejaswin Shankar 2.14m high jump takes him to top spot!

Tejaswin Shankar couldn't go beyond his 2.14m but the effort was enough to put him at the top of Decathlon after four events as he bags 934 points from the event! Combined results to follow next

Jul 12, 2023, 4:26 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Lilli Das finishes 7th in women's 1500m final

Lili Das finished seventh in women's 1500m final with a timing of 4:27.61 seconds while Japan's Nozumi Tanaka had a race of her own as she won the race with a timing of 4:06.75 seconds. Sri Lanka's Gayanthika Abeyratne (4:14.39 secs) was pipped to the finish line by Yume Goto for a Japan 1-2 at the podium. Complete result to follow next.

Jul 12, 2023, 4:13 pm IST

Tejaswin Shankar makes the big leap to 2.14m!

Tejaswin Shankar dominates the show as he clears 2.14m in his first attempt! That surely will give him a lot of advantage over his rivals

Jul 12, 2023, 4:10 pm IST

Tejaswin Shankar steers clear at front!

Tejaswin Shankar steers clear at the front with a 2.05m jump and have asked to higher the bar for his next attempt and is all alone now as Al Sajjad exited at 1.99m while Maruyama ended at 1.96m.

Jul 12, 2023, 4:01 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Women's Javelin

Annu Rani is currently fourth after three throws in the women's javelin final. Her best effort so far is 59.10m. Japan's Marina Saito has set the mark at 61.67m while China's Liu Shiying is right behind at 61.51m. Sri Lanka's Dilhani Lekamge is third at 59.13m.

Jul 12, 2023, 3:55 pm IST

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Live updates: Decathlon high jump

Tejaswin clears 1.99m in his second jump and is competing with Iraq's Al Sajjad and Japan's Yuma Maruyama at the moment.

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Tejaswin Shankar headlines the opening session of the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 as the Indian high jump star will make his international debut in the decathlon after reigning supreme in the multi-event discipline in the domestic season.

The four-day continental event takes place in Thailand's capital Bangkok from July 12 to 16. Tejaswin Shankar, who won the National Inter-State Athletics Championship gold last month to qualify for the Asian Games, will compete in three Decathlon events in the morning session.

Decathlon's 100m sprint will kickstart the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 at 9 AM local time (7:30 AM IST) and will be followed by the long jump (8:15 AM IST) and shot put (9:50 AM IST). Heat 1 of Men's 400m, women's and men's 100m relay will also take place in the morning session.

While India's upcoming 400m talent Muhammed Ajmal and Rajesh Ramesh will compete in the heats of 400m, there will be no participation in either of the 100m relays by India as the Athletics Federation of India didn't name a squad for it.

While the men's sprint relay team has been ignored for years now, the female team was pulled back after their leading sprinter Archana Suseendran was caught in the doping net. Apart from her, crucial members of the team are also not competing in the season with Dutee Chand, Dhanalakshmi out with doping suspensions. Hima Das is also out with an injury.

As far as the evening session is concerned, things will spice up with six finals taking place. The first final of the session will be the women's javelin throw final with national champion Annu Rani competing followed by the women's 1500m and triple jump finals. Two decathlon events will also take place in Tejaswin's forte event high jump and 400m run.

The men's 10,000m final will also take place later in the evening as the last medal event of the day. The timings in the list are as per local time and are 1 hour and 30 minutes ahead of Indian Standard Time (IST).