Asian Games 2023: Gold for India in the men’s 4x400m relay, Avinash Sable and Harmilan Bains bag silver

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India's long-distance runner Avinash Sable continued his impressive run, securing a silver medal in men's 5000m at the Hangzhou Asian Games on Wednesday.

The 29-year-old Indian produced an effort of 13:21.09 to finish second in a spectacular race. Bahrain's Birhanu Yemataw Balew came up with a Games record effort of 13:17:40 to win the gold, while his compatriot Dawit Fikadu Admasu bagged the bronze with a season best of 13:25:63.

Avinash Sable thus added another medal to his 3000m steeplechase gold which he had claimed last week. Gulveer Singh missed out on a medal, finishing fourth, despite a personal best effort of 13:29:93.

Moments later, Indian quartet of Anas Muhammed Yahiya, Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal Variyathodi and Rajesh Ramesh sealed the gold for India in the men’s 4x400m relay with a timing of 3:01.58.

Indian quartet of Vithya Ramraj, Aishwarya Mishra, Prachi and Subha Venkatesan also claimed a silver in women's 4x400m relay. The India quartet came up with an effort of 3:27.85 to finish second, while Bahrain dished out a Games record effort of 3:27:65 to claim the top position, while Sri Lanka won the bronze with a timing of 3:30:88.

Further, Harmilan Bains won a silver meda; in women's 800m. She clocked an impressive timing of 2:03.75 to bag the silver.

The gold went to Sri Lanka’s Tharushi Dissanayaka, who touched the tape at a time of 2:03.20. The bronze went to China’s Chunyu Wang, who finished with a timing of 2.03:90.

Bains had earlier won a silver in the women’s 1500m race in this edition of the Games. Another Indian runner in the 800m, Chanda finished at the seventh place with a timing of 2:05.69.

(With input from PTI)