 "Asian Athletics Championships: India end Day 3 on top of medal tally with 7 golds, 4 silver and 9 bronze")
Bhubaneshwar: Sudha Singh’s gold in the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase event was the highlight of the day which saw India’s athletes win four other medals to stay on top of the medals tally on the third and penultimate day of the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships on Saturday. Anu Raghavan won a silver in women’s 400 metres hurdles while woman triple jumper NV Sheena, men’s 400 metres hurdler Jabir MP and the women’s 4x100 metres relay team grabbed a bronze to push India’s medal tally to 20. Here are the standings after the third day of competition:
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INDIA | 7 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 2 | CHINA | 5 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 3 | IRAN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | KAZAKHSTAN | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | VIETNAM | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | KOREA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | PHILIPPINES | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| KUWAIT | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 8 | THAILAND | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| TAJIKISTAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | KYRGYZSTAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| UZBEKISTAN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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