India secured five medals at the Asian
Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China
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India secured five medals
at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China.
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India secured sixth place
in the overall medal standings at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in
Tianjin.
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Tejaswin Shankar won the
the Men’s heptathlon event and secured India's only gold medal at the
championships.
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Shankar scored 5,993
points to create a new national indoor record.
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He surpassed his previous
record of 5,650 points cretaed in US in 2021.
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On the final day of the
championships, India won three more medals.
¨ Pooja won silver medal in the high jump. Tajinderpal Singh Toor secured silver medal in the shot put. Ancy Sojan won bronze medal in the long jump.
¨ Host nation China topped medal standings with 34 medals, which include 10 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze won during Asian Indoor Athletics Championships.
