India clinches three gold medals on opening day of Asian Indoor Athletics Championship 2024

In the Asian Indoor Athletics Championship 2024, India clinched three gold medals on the opening day as Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Harmilan Bains, and Jyothi Yarraji won gold in Tehran, Iran yesterday.

Two-time Asian Games gold medallist Tajinderpal Singh Toor hurled the shot put at a distance of 19.72 meters in his second attempt for a new national indoor record.

The Two-time Asian Games silver medallist Harmilan Bains won gold in the Women’s 1500-meter run category and confirmed India’s first gold medal. She clocked 4 minutes and 29.55 seconds in the final.

Jyothi Yarraji broke her personal and the National record to win gold in the women’s 60m hurdles as she clocked 8.12 seconds. Her previous best was 8.13 seconds. She defeated Japan’s Asuka Tereda in the final to claim the top spot.

The Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, running since 2004, is a biennial competition organised by the Asian Athletics Association. The 2024 edition, going on in Tehran’s Aftab e Enghelab Sports Complex, is the 11th edition.