Lakshita Shandilya, the 18-year-old middle distance talent from Gujarat, won the 1500m gold at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship in South Korea on Wednesday.
Sandila bettered her earlier personal best of 4:26.48s by more than two seconds to bag India's fifth gold of the championship.
The 19-year-old suffered a setback much before stepping out on the track and field when a South Korean airlines and Air India barred him from carrying his personal pole due to "technical issues" relating to the length of the...
