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Hangzhou: Avinash Sable became the first Indian man to win the gold medal in 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games while shot-putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor defended his title with an amazing final throw to beat back the challenge from his Saudi Arabian rival here on Sunday...
Sable rewrote the previous Asian Games record of 8:22.79 held in the name of Irans Hossein Keyhani set at the 2018 Jakarta Games...
Toor, the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games gold medallist, came up with a mighty throw of 20.36 metres on his sixth and last attempt to overhaul his Saudi rival Mohamed Daouda Tolos distance of 20.18 metres...
Earlier, the toast of the nation in the last edition, Indian heptathlete Swapna Barmans one last shot at glory at the Asian Games turned into a nightmare as she struggled with injuries to virtually go out of medal reckoning after the javelin throw event...
Javelin throw was one of the two events Swapna had won in 2018 en route to becoming the first Indian heptathlete to win an Asian Games gold...
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