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Asian Games: Parul, Priti, And Ancy Shine As India Claims Three Silver, One Bronze In Athletics
Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium: After a sensational, storming performance on Sunday in which they bagged nine medals, the Indian athletes had a quiet day at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium here on Monday, winning three silver medals and one bronze in all.
Vithya Ramraj set the tone for the day in the morning when she came up with a brilliant effort to equal the legendary PT Usha's 40-year-old National Record in the women's 400m hurdles. Vithya clocked 55.42, her personal best and qualified for the final. Usha had set the National Record way back in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles where she missed the bronze medal by a whisker.
In the evening, Parul Chaudhary and Priti Lamba bagged silver and bronze in the women's 3000m Steeplechase while Se Ancy won silver in the women's long jump the 4x400m Mixed Relay team got the third silver medal after Sri Lanka was disqualified for lane infringement.
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