PARUL, PRIYANKA & VIKASH SECURES TOP SPOT ON PODIUM

Ace Indian long-distance runner Parul Chaudhary won her second medal of the Asian Athletics Championships with a silver in 5000m on the final day of competitions here.

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Priyanka Goswami and Vikash Singh also won silver and bronze medals in the women's and men's 20km race-walk events respectively on the final day of the Asian Athletics Championships. National record-holder Priyanka clocked 1 hour 34 minutes and 24 seconds to finish second in the women's 20km race walk event behind Yang Liujing (1:32:37) of China. Yukiko Umeno of Japan took the bronze with a time of 1:36:17. The 27-year-old Priyanka's time, though, was well outside her personal best of 1:28:45, which she had clocked in 2021. Another Indian in the fray, Bhawna Jat finished fifth with a time of 1:38