Asian Athletics Championship, Day 2 events: Sudha Singh in Women's Steeplechase final, India's relay teams and more

India enjoyed a wonderful second day at the Asian Athletics Championship as they maintained their stranglehold on the top spot of medal’s tally. Indian athletes won four gold, two silver and two bronze medals on Day 2 to take India’s overall tally to 15 medals. Day 3 represents another chance for Indian athletes to add to the medals won on the first two days. Indian 4x100m women’s relay team which will feature crowd favourite Dutee Chand and Olympian Srabani Nanda will be in action in the final along with Sudha Singh who will vie for a medal in the women’s 3000m steeplechase final. Jinson Johnson who participated in Rio Olympics last year will look to qualify for the men’s 800m final. [caption id=“attachment_3785407” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Dutee Chand will play a key role in Indian women’s relay team on Saturday. AFP[/caption] The list of events on the third day of the Asian Athletics Championships(with Indian participants mentioned) is as follows: Evening Session 1. Event: Men’s Hammer Throw final Time: 6pm IST Participant: Niraj Kumar 2. Event: Women’s 100m Hurdles Final Time: 6pm IST Participant: Qualifiers from morning’s heats 3. Event: Men’s 110m Hurdles Final Time: 6:15pm IST Participants: Qualifiers from morning’s heats 4. Men’s High Jump Final Time: 6:25pm IST Participants: Chethan B, Ajay Kumar 5. Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put Time: 6:30pm IST Participants: Purnima Hembram, Liksy Joseph 6. Event: Women’s 3000m Steeplechase Final Time: 6:30pm IST Participants: Sudha Singh, Parul Chaudhary 7. Event: Women’s Triple Jump Final Time: 6:35pm IST Participants: Joyline Mural Lobo, Sheena NV 8. Event: Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final Time: 6:45pm IST Participants: Durga Bahadur Budha, Naveen Kumar 9. Event: Men’s 200m Heats Time: From 7:50pm IST Participants: Amiya Kumar Mallick 10. Event: Women’s 400m Hurdles Final Time: 8:35pm IST Participants: Anu R, Jauna Murmu, Arpitha M 11. Event: Men’s 400m Hurdles Final Time: 8:35pm IST Participants: Jabir MP, Santhosh Kumar, Durgesh Kumar Pal 12. Women’s 4x100m Relay Final Time: 9:10pm IST Participants: Dutee Chand, Srabani Nanda, Merlin Joseph, Reena George, Ruma Sarkar, Himashree Roy 13: Men’s 4x100m Relay Final Time: 9:20pm IST Participants: – 14. Women’s Heptathlon 200m Time: 9:30pm IST Participants: Purnima Hembram, Liksy Joseph Preliminary rounds of few more events took place on Saturday morning.