India’s Parul Chaudhary and Priti secured silver and bronze medals respectively within the ladies’s 3000m steeplechase however they have been left chasing the shadow of Bahrain’s Yavi Winfred Mutile, who set an Asian Games document on approach to defending her title on Monday. Parul clocked 9:27.63 seconds, which was greater than 9 seconds behind the Bahrain runner who took the highest podium end in 9:18.28, a brand new Games document. The earlier Games document stood within the identify of country-mate Jebet Ruth (9:31.36 sec) set through the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Though Parul additionally breached the Asian Games document, it was nowhere near her nationwide document and private better of 9:15.31 clocked on the World Championships in Budapest, which helped her qualify for the Paris Olympics, in August.

Compatriot Priti completed a superb 16 seconds behind Parul, clocking a private finest 9:43.32 seconds to win the bronze in a detailed end with one other Bahrain runner Mekonen Tigest Getent, who timed 9:43.71 seconds to complete fourth.

Yavi started to tug away within the sixth lap of the gruelling race, making Parul appear to be an underpowered engine.

The Kenyan-born Bahrain runner, who gained the 2023 World Athletics Championships gold within the occasion beating country-mate Beatrice Chepkoech, completed at the least 50 metres forward of the 28-year-old Parul.

In males’s 200m, India’s Amlan Borgohain completed a distant sixth in 20.98 seconds.

The gold was gained by Japan’s Koki Ueyama in 20.60 seconds, which was method beneath the Asian Games document of 20.14 seconds set in Incheon by Qatar’s Femi Ogunode.

Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Abdullah Abkar clinched the silver medal with a time of 20.63, whereas the bronze went to Chinese Taipei’s Yang Chun-Han who clocked 20.74 seconds.