Guangzhou: India's Ashwini Chidananda and Joseph Abraham won gold medals in the women's and men's 400m hurdles race while Ashwini's compatriot Juana Murmu missed the bronze by a whisker at the Asian Games here on Thursday. With a personal best timing of 56.15 seconds, Ashwini clinched the third gold medal for India from the track and field event of the Asian Games at the Aoti Main Stadium.
The silver went to China's Wang Xing with a timing of 56.76 secs and Japan's Satomi Kubokokura got the bronze with a timing of 56.83 secs.
In men's event Joseph Abraham clocked a season's best of 49.96sec to clinch the gold medal for India.
The 29-year-old Indian's effort was, however, still short of the national record of 49.51sec he set during the 2007 World Championships in Osaka.
The silver went to Saudi Arabia's Bandar Yahya Sharahili, who clocked 50.29sec. Japan's Naohiro Kawakita settled for the bronze medal with a timing of 50.37sec.
Earlier, Ashwini Chidananda bagged the gold in the women's 400m hurdles event.
Medals tally:
Country G S B Total
China 173 93 86 352
South Korea 71 59 81 211
Japan 36 66 74 176
Iran 16 10 19 45
Chinese Taipei 12 12 33 57
India 10 13 29 52
Thailand 9 7 30 46
Hong Kong 8 14 15 37
Malaysia 8 14 11 33
Kazakhstan 7 14 31 52
Source: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/asian-games-ashwini-wins-400m-hurdles-gold/135839-5-23.html
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