Athletics at Asian Games 2023 Highlights, September 30: India picks silver and bronze medal in men’s 10000m

GOLD- XIE Zhenye (CHN)

SILVER- Puripol Boonson (THA)

BRONZE- Muhammad Azeem (MAS)

GOLD- Ge Manqi (CHN)

SILVER- Veronica Shanti (SGP)

BRONZE- Hajar Saad Saeed Saad (BRN)

GOLD- Ernest John (PHI)

SILVER- Huang Bokai (CHN)

BRONZE- Hussain Asim M (KSA)

GOLD - Wang Qi (CHN)

SILVER - Ashraf Elseify (QAT)

BRONZE - Sukhrov Khodjaev (UZB)

Heptathlete Nandini tops her 200m heat with a PB of 24.47.

Swapna Barman finishes 4/5 in her heat. Her 200m timing is 26.16 and she has accumulated 783 points thus far.

The race leaders trip and fall with two laps to go!

The Indians grab the opportunity with both hands as Kartik Kumar bags the silver medal (28:15.38) and Gulveer Singh (28:17.21) goes on to win the bronze. It’s a PB for the duo as well.

The men’s 400m event is over. Yousef Ahmed M Masrahi strikes gold with a 45.55 finish. Kentaro Sato of Japan (45.57) takes silver. Abbas Yusuf Abbas Ali registers a personal best attempt of 45.65 to take home the bronze medal.

Ajmal’s timing is 45.97.

Aishwarya finishes 0.93 seconds off a podium place.

Mujidat Oluwakemi Adekoya (50.66) leads a Bahrainian one-two. Salwa Eid Naser Naser (50.92) takes the second place.

Malaysia’s Vallabuoy Shereen Samson (52.58) wins the bronze medal.

After women’s shot put in heptathlon, Swapna Barman sits sixth with 679 points. Nandini Agasara is eighth with 668 points.

Iran’s Hassan Taftian (10.13) and Soraoat Dapbang (10.16) of Thailand qualify with their season best and personal best performance, respectively.

China’s Xie Zhenye (10.03) and Puripol Boonson (10.06) will qualify directly from the second SF

Lalu Muhammad Zohri (10.12) and Muhammad Azeem Bin Mohd. Fahmi (10.17) are the direct qualifiers from SF1

Nandini goes for her last throw. 11.86, the officials notify, which means her first throw of 12.11 still stands.

Barman starts off in the fourth place in shot put (heptathlon) with a 12.27m throw. Agasara Nandini’s first two throws are worth 12.11 and 11.95.

China’s Wang Qi leads the pack with a 70.83m effort after the first round of throws.

Ashraf fails to register a mark with XXX in 4.80m. Japan’s Seito Yamamoto suffers a similar fate.

The evening session gets underway with hammer throw. Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed Hussain M Aldubaisi gets things rolling with a 61.94m throw.

4:40 PM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put- Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

5:30 PM onwards: Women’s 400m Final - Aishwarya Kailash Mishra

5:40 PM onwards: Men’s 400m Final - Muhammed Ajmal

5:50 PM onwards Men’s 10,000m Final - Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh

6:35 PM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon 200m - Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

That’s the end of Swapna Barman in the high jump event. She cannot clear the height of 1.73m and will settle for 855 points from the event. She is visibly disappointed by the result. How much of a difference it makes in the grander scheme of things remains to be seen.

The Indian has a second crack at 1.73m but to no avail.

Swapna Barman fails to clear 1.73m on the first try.

Another successful attempt for Barman. Clears 1.70m with ease to keep a hold on the first place.

The Indian continues her run in the high jump of women’s heptathlon. She clears 1.67m with ease in her secod jump. She is tied with Uzbekistan’s Ekaterina Voronina at the same height.

Swapna Barman starts with a jump at 1.64m to move into the first place.

Nandini Agasara is ninth at the moment with her last successful attempt coming at 1.61m.

There will be two Indians in the men’s 1500m final as Jinson Johnson also advances through his heat. He clocks 3:56.22 and finishes fifth in the heat.

The top six from the two heats compete in the final.

India’s Ajay Kumar Saroj breezes through to the final with a timing of 3:51.93.

Aldrin lands at a distance of 7.67m in the third and final try. This is not good enough for an automatic qualification but it moves him to second in his group, and likely to finish in the top 12.

Ajay Kumar Saroj and Jinson Johnson are the two Indians vying for a spot in the final.

Another no jump for Jeswin Aldrin. He has one attempt left to record a distance and aim for the final.

The second Indian in the women’s 100m hurdles comes fifth in the second heat with a timing of 13.30. The timing will be enough to see her advance as the second non-automatic qualifier.

Two out of the three Indians in early action have delivered what was expected. Jyothi Yarraji and Murali Sreeshankar are in the final of their respective finals. Jeswin Aldrin too is vying for another spot and should get it too.

The Indian finishes second in the first heat with a timing of 13.03 and advances to the final.

Aldrin on the other hand starts with a no jump.

The starts with 7.97m and makes his way to the final. The automatic qualification mark for the event is 7.90m.

A perfect start from Sreeshankar.

The Indian clocks a time of 13.88 to finish second in her heat behind China’s Zheng Ninali.

The second Indian in the heat, Nandini Agasara, placed fourth with a timing of 14.01.

The first event of the day sees Swapna Burman and Nandini Agasara in action in the women’s heptathlon. The first event is the 100m hurdles.

India moved up a couple of places in the overall standings on Friday. Before the start of events on September 30, this is what the tally looks like:

6:35 AM onwards: Men’s Long Jump Qualifying Groups A and B - Murali Sreeshankar & Jeswin Aldrin

6:38 AM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon 100m Hurdles- Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

6:45 AM onwards: Women’s 100m Hurdles Heats (1 & 2) - Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Ramraj

7:05 AM onwards: Men’s 1500m Round 1 Heats - Ajay Kumar Saroj & Jinson Johnson

7:20 AM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon High Jump- Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

4:40 PM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon Shot Put- Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara

5:30 PM onwards: Women’s 400m Final - Aishwarya Kailash Mishra

5:40 PM onwards: Men’s 400m Final - Muhammed Ajmal

5:50 PM onwards Men’s 10,000m Final - Karthik Kumar, Gulveer Singh

6:35 PM onwards: Women’s Heptathlon 200m - Swapna Barman & Nandini Agasara