Asian Games 2023: Parul Chaudhary follows up 3000m steeplechase silver with 5000m gold

Parul Chaudhary is having quite the time in the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou. Not only did she end up on the podium in the women’s 3000m steeplechase event on Monday, winning silver with compatriot Priti Lamba collecting bronze, she would go a step further the very next day. Chaudhary ended up outshining her own performance by winning gold in the women's 5000-metre final, narrowly beating Japan’s Ririka Hironaka by overtaking her in the final stretch of the race. **Asian Games 2023: List of Indian medal winners at Hangzhou** The 28-year-old distance runner from Meerut registered a timing of 15:14.75 with Hironaka (15:15.34) finishing only a second later. Kazakhstan’s Caroline Chepkoech Kipkirui crossed the finish line eight seconds later, winning bronze with a timing of 15:23.12. Ankita, the other Indian in the fray, finished fifth with a personal best timing of 15:33.03.

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐮𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 in Women's 5000m at #HangzhouAsianGames with a thrilling last-gasp push 🤯🙌

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Chaudhary’s gold was India’s 14th of the Hangzhou Asian Games so far, as well the first of the two that they won on Day 10. Soon after, javelin thrower Annu Rani would win the 15th gold for India with a best effort of 62.92m in her first attempt, helping India consolidated themselves at the fourth spot on the medal table, ahead of Uzbekistan. **Asian Games 2023: Updated medal tally** India ended the day with 69 medals, winning nine medals on Tuesday — two silver and five bronze besides the two gold. The Indian track and field contingent already have 22 medals to their credit so far, and have ensured the country’s best athletics performance in the history of the continental games in the process.