02 October,2023 08:00 AM IST | Hangzhou | PTI
India’s Murali Sreeshankar during the men’s long jump final yesterday.; Seema Punia with her bronze medal yesterday; Seema Punia with her bronze medal yesterday; Harmilan Bains with her silver medal yesterday; India’s Nandini Agasara during the presentation ceremony yesterday. Pics/PTI
India's Murali Sreeshankar won a silver medal in men's long jump on a medal-laden day which fetched nine podium finishes here on Sunday.
India in fact won 15 medals across sports on the day, their biggest haul in a single day of the Asian Games over all editions and athletics was the biggest contributor in that. India picked up two gold, four silver and three bronze on the day.
Sreeshankar picked up a silver with a jump of 8.19m, behind Wang Jianan (8.22m) of China, who had won a silver medal in the Budapest World Championships in August.
Meanwhile, Veteran discus thrower Seema Punia won a bronze for her third medal in as many editions of the Asian Games with a throw of 58.62m.
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"This is my last Asian Games and I am ending with a medal. I think I will be looking ahead to be able to qualify for the Paris Olympics maybe through ranking," Punia said.
Punia, 40, won a gold in the 2014 Asian Games and then added a bronze in 2018. She has also won three silver and one bronze in the Commonwealth Games in her over 20-year international career.
In the 1,500m for women, flamboyant Harmilan Bains won a silver with a time of 4 minute 12.74 seconds while Ajay Kumar Saroj (3:38.94) and Jinson Johnson (3:39.74) won silver and bronze respectively in the men's 1,500m.Harmilan joined her mother Madhuri Singh - the 2002 edition 800m silver winner - as Asian Games medallist.
In the women's heptathlon, Nandini Agasara took the bronze ahead of 2018 gold medallist Swapna Barman after winning the 800m race, the last of the gruelling seven-event competition.
Nandini collected an aggregate of 5712 points while Barman, who finished third in 800m, secured 5708. China's Zheng Ninali won the gold with an aggregate of 6149 points while Voronina Ekaterina of Uzbekistan was second with 6056.
Earlier, India's Amlan Borgohain finished at the third position after clocking 21.08 seconds in the men's 200m heats and advanced to the semi-final.
The first three athletes in each heat make the cut for the semi-finals. The top four times from all the heats who have not made the cut will also advance to the semi-finals.
The sprinter from Assam, currently the country's fastest, holds both the men's 100m and 200m national records.
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