Sinimol Paulose on way to winning the 1500m gold on Thursday

Doha: Preeja Shreedharan won the women’s 3000m to earn India the second gold as India grabbed six medals on Day II of the 3rd Asian Indoor athletics championships Friday. India’s medal tally thus swelled to 10.

Preeja won with a championship record of 9:12.26 seconds and compatriot Kavita Raut made it one-two for India with a timing of 9:26.01s while Bahrain’s Yaqoob Sara Bakheet was third with 9:40.47s.

Chatholi Hamza clocked 3:41.18s to add a silver in men’s 1500m race behind Thamer Ali (3:40.86s) of Qatar. Kamal Abubaker (3:42.50s) of the host country won the bronze.

Amarjeet Singh came up with a creditable performance to finish second in men’s triple jump by leaping 16.26m which he achieved in his last effort.

The gold was won by Valiyev Roman (16.32m) of Kazakhstan while Philakong Theerayut (16.04m) of Thailand won the bronze.

In women’s 400m, Mandeep Kaur clocked 54.28s to settle for a bronze.

Alghasara Ruqaya of Bahrain won the gold with a championship record of 53.28s while Mastyonko Marina of Kazakhstan was third with 53.38s. Leelavathi Veerappan added another bronze in women’s 60m hurdles, clocking 9.21 sec.

India have so far won two gold, five silver and three bronze medals in the three-day competition.

Sinimol Paulose Thursday fetched India the first gold in women’s 1500m with a championship record of 4:15.42s.

Sushma Devi, the other Indian in the fray in the event, had won the silver with a timing of 4:22.78s.