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Laxita Sandila Wins Women’s 1500m Gold At Asian U-20 Athletics Championship

Sandila bettered her earlier personal best of 4:26.48s by more than two seconds to bag India's fifth gold of the championship.

Sandila celebrates her win on Wednesday.

India's Laxita Vinod Sandila won gold medal in women's 1500m race with a personal best time of 4:24.23 seconds on the concluding day of the Asian U-20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon on Wednesday. (More Sports News)

Sandila bettered her earlier personal best of 4:26.48s by more than two seconds to bag India's fifth gold of the championship.

Mehdi Hasan added a bronze in the men's 1500m race with a time of 3:56.01s while Shivaji Parashu Madappagoudra bagged a silver in the men's 5000m race by clocking 14:49.05s as India's tally swelled to 17 medals.

On the opening day on Sunday, fast-rising Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh clinched a gold medal each in women's 400m and men's discus throw respectively.

Shot putter Siddharth Choudhary added another gold on Monday with a personal best throw of 19.52m while decathlete Sunil Kumar won a yellow metal on Tuesday.

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