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22nd Asian Athletics Championships: Indian athletes continues their spectacular performance<br/>

Indian athletes continued their spectacular performance in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships held at Kalinga stadium in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar with the host nation moving on to the top with 20 medals.On the third day of the athletics meet yesterday, Sudha Singh produced a superb effort to win gold in the women&apos;s 3 thousand metre steeplechase. She finished at the top of the podium with a time of nine minutes and 59.47 seconds. Anu R grabbed Silver in women 400 metres hurdles in 57.22 seconds. Odia star athletes Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda along with other two sprinters Merlin Joseph and Himashree Roy completed the 4x100m relay event finals in 44.57 seconds securing bronze medal.The Indian athletes added five more medals yesterday taking its tally to 20 including 7 gold. Medals table is followed by China who have 15 medals with five gold and Iran at the third slot in the list with four gold and a single bronze.Today is the closing day of the Asian Athletics meet and the host country is just three medals away of surpassing all-time record. India had bagged 22 medals in 1985 and 1989 at Jakarta and New Delhi Asian Athletics Championships.

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