Indian athletes won six golds, 11 silvers and seven bronze at the Under-18 championships. Know all medal winners.

India finished with a rich haul of 24 medals at the Asian U18 Athletics Championships 2023 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan on Sunday.

Indian athletes won six golds, 11 silvers and seven bronze medals at the Under-18 championships.

China led the overall medals tally with 15 golds ahead of India. China also claimed seven silvers and two bronze, earning 24 medals in all. Kazakhstan were third with three golds, six silvers and five bronze (14 medals)

Sprinter Rezoana Mallick Heena headlined India’s campaign by winning three medals – two golds (Indian girls team relay and girls 400m) and one silver (girls 200m) at the Asian youth athletics meet.

Rezoana Mallick Heena won the girls 400m event with a time of 52.98s and in the process, broke the Under-18 400m national record previously held by Jisna Mathew (53.14s in 2015).

Rezoana Mallick Heena also broke the eight-year-old meet record by Bahrain’s former world champion Salwa Eid Nasser (53.02s). The youngster was just 0.02 seconds off the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) qualification standard for Asian Games 2023, set at 52.96.

Runner Bapi Hansda, meanwhile, won the silver medal in the 400m hurdles with a personal best time of 51.38 seconds on the last day.

With the win, Bapi Hansda became the first Indian in history to win a silver in the men’s 400m hurdles event at the competition. His timing was also better than the previous meet record of 51.96s.

India started the campaign by winning four medals, including a gold, on day one.

Priyanshu won a gold in the men’s 1500m with a time of 3.57.37s. Rahul Sarnaliya clocked 3.59.43s to finish second for a silver in the same event.

Aarti added a bronze to India’s medals tally after clocking 24:29:14s in the girls 5000m race walk.

Mubassina Mohammed from Lakshadweep won a bronze in the girls long jump event with an effort of 5.90m. In the boys 3000m, Aman Kumar won the gold medal with a time of 8:39.15s while Yogeshwar R clinched the silver with a time of 8:39.85s.

Vanshika, meanwhile, bagged the gold medal in the in the girls 3000m event with a time of 10:15.16. Anju Bala finished her course in 10:22.86 for a silver.

In the boys hammer throw event, Narpat Singh bagged bronze with an effort of 67.27m.

Incidentally, India finished with the exact same tally of 24 medals – six gold, 11 silver and seven bronze – at the 2022 edition of the continental championships held in Kuwait.

Asian U18 Athletics Championships 2023: India’s medal winners

Indian girls team – gold medal in medley relay

Vanshika – gold medal in girls 3000m

Rezoana Mallick – gold medal in girls 400m

Aman Kumar – gold medal in boys 3000m

Priyanshu – gold medal in boys 1500m

Pooja – gold medal in girls high jump

Rezoana Mallick – silver medal in girls 200m

Anju Bala – silver medal in girls 3000m

Yogeshwar R – silver medal in boys 3000m

Rahul Sarnaliya – silver medal in boys 1500m

Arjun – silver medal in boys javelin throw

Abinaya Rajarajan – silver medal in girls 100m

Ryan, Abhay, Charan and Navpreet – silver medal in boys medley relay

Mohur Mukherjee – silver medal in girls heptathlon

Ritik – silver medal in boys discus throw

Sumit Rathi – silver medal in boys 2000m steeplechase

Bapi Hansda – silver medal in boys 400m hurdles

Narpat Singh – bronze medal in boys hammer throw

Arti – bronze medal in girls 5000m race walk

Babendra Singh – bronze medal in boys 10,000m race walk

Mubassina Mohammed – bronze medal in girls long jump

Abhay Singh – bronze medal in men’s 200m

Anupriya – bronze medal in girls shot put

Sandeep Vinodkumar Gond – bronze medal in boys 110m hurdles

source/contents: olympics.com (headline edited)