India added two golds and two bronze to their kitty on the fifth day of the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games on Wednesday. PTI reported.
Ajay Kumar Saroj won the gold in men’s 1500m race, clocking 3 minute and 48.67 seconds. Later, Arpinder Singh won the yellow metal in the men’s Triple Jump event. He emerged on top with a attempt of 16.21 meters.
Meanwhile, Neha Solanki and Jyoti bagged a bronze each in women’s kurash +87kg and -87kg respectively.
#INDIA finishes #athletics at #AIMAG2017 with 5 gold, 2 silver & 1 bronze; @Ra_THORe @Adille1 @Media_SAI @IndiaSports pic.twitter.com/gdPmo6CM3u
— Athletics Federation (@afiindia) September 20, 2017
With 5 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronze, India are seventh in the medals tally with hosts Turkmenistan on top with a whopping 50 gold, 30 silver and 35 bronze.
India are being represented by more than 200 athletes in 15 sports disciplines in the Games, touted as the second biggest multi-sporting event of the continent after the Asiad.