India win four gold in Asian Athletics GP

BANGKOK: Indian athletes produced an impressive performance, bagging four gold, one silver and four bronze in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix on Tuesday.
MR Poovama won women's 400m in 52.94 while Sajeesh Joseph came first in men's 800m in 1:47.78.
The men's 4X400m relay team of Joseph Abraham, Jitin Paul, Shake Mortaza and MP Kunhu won gold in 3:08.00 while their women counterparts of Saraswati Chand, Debashree Majumdar, Ratandeep Kaur and Poovama bagged the yellow metal in 3:38.76.
India also won a silver in women's high jump (Sahana Kumari), a bronze each in men's 4X100m relay, triple jump (by Renjith Maheswary) and women's 800m (by Sinimol Pualose), men's 800m (by Ghamanada Ram).