Asian athletics c’ships: Triple treat for Indians on Day 2
India won three gold medals on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships. Jyothi Yarraji won her first major international event in the hurdles, and Ajay Kumar Saroj ran a great race to win the men’s 1,500m title. India’s Abdulla Aboobacker won a gold medal in the men’s triple jump event at the Commonwealth Games. Aishwarya Mishra won bronze in the women’s 400m final, while Tejaswin Shankar won bronze in the decathlon. Yarraji, a 23-year-old athlete, won the 100m hurdles final, beating two Japanese runners on a rainy track with a time of 13. 09 Yarraji’s best time is 12. 82 seconds, but the track being wet today was not good for running fast. In the men’s 1,500m race, Saroj, who is 26 years old, ran very fast in the final turn and passed two other runners. He finished the race in 3 minutes and 41. 51 seconds, which is not as fast as his best time of 3 minutes and 39. 19 seconds from last month. Aboobacker did very well and jumped 16. 92 meters, getting the gold medal. Hikaru Ikehata from Japan got second place with a jump of 16. 73 meters, and Kim Jang-woo from South Korea got third place with a jump of 16. 59 meters Rewrite this text in simpler words.
