Incheon :

Despite not being fully fit, Vikas Gowda managed to win a silver in the men’s discus throw event at the Asian Games 2014 being held at Incheon in South Korea yesterday. Iran’s Ehsan Hadadi, the London Olympic

Silver medalist and Asian record holder, won the gold with a 65.11mts throw to complete a hat-trick of triumphs at the Asian Games.

Commonwealth Games champion Gowda, who took a bronze in Guangzhou four years ago, produced his day’s best of 62.58 in the second throw to bring India’s lone medal in athletics for the day.

Tintu in finals: Meanwhile, Tintu Luka and Sushma Devi qualified for the women’s 800m final while Sajeesh Joseph (1:49.90) progressed to the title round in the men’s section.

Luka, the Asian leader, won the first heat in 2:04.28 sec while Devi was third in the next one, a fast heat which Kazakhstan’s Asiad defending champion Margarita Mukasheva, who is making a comeback of sorts, took in 2:02.83.

National champion Jithin Paul (51.76) made the cut after taking the second spot in the next heat in the 400 mts hurdles. Ashwini Akkunji, the women’s 400 mts hurdles winner at the Guangzhou Asiad, also qualified for the final by finishing second in her heat in 57.67 sec.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home>Sports News  / Wednesday, October 01st, 2014