India wraps the day with a Gold and a Silver in relays
India wraps the day with a Gold and a Silver in relays Indian relay teams, both men and women, wrapped up the day on a cheerful note adding a gold and a silver to the country's kitty in 18th Asian Games on Thursday. On Thursday, India was placed at the eighth position in medals tally with 13 gold 21 silver and 25 bronze medals, two medals more than what it had in the last edition of the games. Keeping to traditions of doing well in relays, the Indian teams were the toast of knowledable crowd at the historic stadium that was also the venue of the 1958 Asian Games. While women's team pipped Bahrain to second spot to win the gold in 4X400 m relay, the men's team lost it to Qatar in the same event. Hima Das, P. Raju Mechittira, Saritaben L. Gayakwad and Vismala V Karath ran their laps brilliantly to finish the race in 3:28.72 minutes, well ahead of Bahrain. In the men's race while Qatar team had a definite edge over all other participants, India fought gallantly against Japan to take the second position in a tight finish. Indian team comprising of Kunho Mohammad Puthanparakkel, Dharun Ayyasamy, Muhammad Anas Yahya and Arokiya Rajiv had a splendid run to give India a Silver. -PTC NEWS
