 "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
|