Canoe doubles

Nadeesha Dilhan Hatarabage Lekamge:  Distance runner Parul Chaudhary and javelin thrower Annu Rani came up with memorable efforts on another successful day for India at athletics as the country is on the verge of surging past its best-ever medal haul in the Asian Games.

Just about 24 hours after she took a silver medal in the Women's 3000m steeplechase, Parul Chaudhary became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the 5000m race while Annu Rani overcame a season full of disappointments, which caused her depression, to bag gold medal in javelin throw.

India won six medals in athletics -- two gold, two silver via Tejaswin Shankar in decathlon and MOhd Afsal in Men's 800m, and two bronze --