Asian Athletics Championships: Day 1 medal tally sees India on top with 2 golds, 1 silver and 4 bronze

India got off to a remarkable start at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships with a total of seven medals at the end of the first day.

Long distance runner (5000 m) G Lakshmanan and shot putter Manpreet Kaur were the gold medallists on a day that saw India’s athletes win one silver and four bronze medals. India won both the silver and bronze in the women’s long jump courtesy V Neena and Nayan James.

In the women’s 5000m, Sanjivini Yadav added to India’s medal tally with a bronze

However, in the men’s discus throw, Vikas Gowda failed to defend his title, but grabbed a bronze. The day rounded off with javelin thrower Annu Rani adding a bronze to the Indian medal tally.

Here are the standings after the first day of competition:

|

Rank

|

Country

|

Gold

|

Silver

|

Bronze

|

Total

1

|

  India

|

2

|

1

|

4

|

7

| |

2

|

 China

|

2

|

1

|

0

|

3

| |

3

|

 Kyrgyzstan

|

1

|

0

|

0

|

1

| |

 Iran

|

1

|

0

|

0

|

1

| |

 Vietnam

|

1

|

0

|

0

|

1

| |

6

|

 Japan

|

0

|

1

|

1

|

2

| |

7

|

 Malaysia

|

0

|

1

|

0

|

1

| |

 Qatar

|

0

|

1

|

0

|

1

| |

 Sri Lanka

|

0

|

1

|

0

|

1

| |

 United Arab Emirates

|

0

|

1

|

0

|

1

| |

11

|

 Saudi Arabia

|

0

|

0

|

1

|

1

| |

 Philippines

|

0

|

0

|

1

|

1

|