Anas, Hima take silver medals in 400m races (Lead)
Sunday - August 26, 2018 7:06 pm ,
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Anas, Hima take silver medals in 400m races (Lead)
Jakarta Aug 26 (IANS) India s Muhammed Anas and Hima Das claimed the silver medals in the men s and women s 400 metres races respectively at the 18th Asian Games here on Sunday.
Reigning Asian champion Anas completed the race in 45.69 seconds to be second while Hima clocked a national record mark of 50.79 seconds to take the second place in the women s race.
The two other Indian competitors in the races Rajiv Arokia and Nirmala finished fourth. While Rajiv timed 45.84 seconds to complete the men s 400m race Nirmala finished the race in 52.96 seconds.
The men s title went to Qatar s Abdalelah Hassan who completed the race in 44.89 seconds as he fended off Anas who has a personal best of 45.31 seconds. Anas personal best mark had given him a fourth-place finish in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Ali Khamis of Bahrain picked the bronze medal with a timing of 45.70 as he finished ahead of 2014 edition bronze medallist Rajiv.
In the women s race Bahrain s Salwa Naser produced a Games record timing of 50.09 seconds to finish ahead of 18-year-old Hima who had renewed the Indian record of 51.00 seconds on Saturday in the semi-finals.
Assam girl Hima the Under-20 world champion was a sureshot medal contender but in the final Naser who had won a silver medal at the IAAF World Championships with a national record of 50.06 seconds proved to be superior to the Indian.
The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan Elina Milkhina who clocked 52.63 seconds to finish ahead of Nirmala.
--IANS pur/sed
Reigning Asian champion Anas completed the race in 45.69 seconds to be second while Hima clocked a national record mark of 50.79 seconds to take the second place in the women s race.
The two other Indian competitors in the races Rajiv Arokia and Nirmala finished fourth. While Rajiv timed 45.84 seconds to complete the men s 400m race Nirmala finished the race in 52.96 seconds.
The men s title went to Qatar s Abdalelah Hassan who completed the race in 44.89 seconds as he fended off Anas who has a personal best of 45.31 seconds. Anas personal best mark had given him a fourth-place finish in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
Ali Khamis of Bahrain picked the bronze medal with a timing of 45.70 as he finished ahead of 2014 edition bronze medallist Rajiv.
In the women s race Bahrain s Salwa Naser produced a Games record timing of 50.09 seconds to finish ahead of 18-year-old Hima who had renewed the Indian record of 51.00 seconds on Saturday in the semi-finals.
Assam girl Hima the Under-20 world champion was a sureshot medal contender but in the final Naser who had won a silver medal at the IAAF World Championships with a national record of 50.06 seconds proved to be superior to the Indian.
The bronze medal went to Kazakhstan Elina Milkhina who clocked 52.63 seconds to finish ahead of Nirmala.
--IANS pur/sed
