Renjith Maheswary pulled off an upset win in the triple jump as India powered to three gold medals in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix series at the National Stadium here on Tuesday.
Renjith, fourth at the Asian Games last year in Doha, topped with an excellent effort of 16.68 metres to finish ahead of Doha silver medallist Roman Valiyev of Kazakhstan, who could manage only 16.45 on the day.
India’s other gold medal winners were Sinimol Paulose in the women’s 1500 metres and Sunil Kumar in the men’s 3000 meters. The country also had four silver medals and five bronze medals, making it a satisfactory trip.
Asiad bronze medallist Sinimol timed 4:12.61 to win the 1500 metres while compatriot Sushma claimed the bronze.

One-two
It was an India one-two in the men’s 3000 metres with Sunil Kumar upstaging favourite Surendra Singh for the gold in a close race, coming home in 8:00.76 against the latter’s 8:00.86.
Discus thrower Vikas Gowda, who reached the venue late, still picked up the silver with an effort of 60.14 metres, coming behind Abbas Samimi of Iran (62.61).
There was a personal best for Chatholi Hamza in the men’s 1500 metres, won by Sajad Moradi of Iran in 3:39.04. Hamza clocked 3:40.19 while compatriot Sajeesh Joseph was third in 3:44.03.
In the women’s 400 metres, Karnataka girl M R Poovamma timed 55.30 seconds for the bronze medal.

Men:
100M: Wen Yong YI (China) 10.44 seconds, 1; Wachara Sondee (Thailand) 10.53, 2; Sittichai Suwonprateep (Thailand) 10.67, 3.
400M: Wang Lianqui (China) 45.95 seconds, 1; Prasanna Amarasekara (Sri Lanka) 46.48, 2; K M Binu (India) 46.97.
1500M: Sajad Moradi (Iran) 3:39.04, 1; Chatholi Hamza (India) 3:40.19, 2; Sajeesh Joseph (India) 3:44.03, 3.
3000M: Sunil Kumar (India) 8:00.76, 1; Surendra Singh (India) 8:00.86, 2; Srisung Boonthung (Thailand) 8:17.89, 3.
400M hurdles: Yan Meng (China) 49.47 seconds, 1; Yevgeniy Meleshenko (Kazakhstan) 50.16, 2; Zhu Zhi (China) 50.86, 3.
High jump: Sergey Zassimovich (Kazakhstan) 2.30 metres, 1; Kim Young-Min (South Korea) 2.14, 2; Hari Shankar Roy (India) 2.14M, 3.
Triple jump: Renjith Maheswary (India) 16.68 metres, 1; Roman Valiyev (Kazakhstan) 16.45, 2; Mohamd Al Hazoury (Syria) 16.37, 3.
Shot put: Ahmed Gholum (Kuwait) 18.56 metres, 1, Saurabh Vij (India) 17.82, 2; Chatchawal Polyemg (Thailand) 17.47, 3.
Discus throw: Abbas Samimi (Iran) 62.61 metres, 1; Vikas Gowda (India) 60.14, 2; Wu Tao (China) 58.09, 3.
4x100M relay: China 39.58 seconds, 1; Thailand 39.62, 2; Thailand ‘B’ 39.74, 3.
4x400M relay: Sri Lanka 3:07.15, 1; Malaysia 3:10.85, 2; Thailand 3:14.62, 3.

Women:
100M: Guzel Khubbieva (Uzbekistan) 11.31 seconds, 1; Susanthika Jayasinghe (Sri Lanka) 11.33, 2; Vu Thi Huong (Vietnam) 11.54, 3.
400M: Olga Tereshkova (Kazakhstan) 53.55 seconds, 1; Tatyana Khadjimuratov (Kazakhstan) 53.65, 2; M R Poovamma (India) 55.30, 3.
1500M: Sinimol Paulose (India) 4:12.61, 1; Svetlana Lukasheva (Kazakhstan) 4:20.98, 2; Sushma (India) 4:25.51, 3.
100M hurdles: Anastasiya Vinogradova (Kazakhstan) 13.41 seconds, 1; Sheena Atilano (Philippines) 14.00, 2; Erawati Dedeh (Indonesia) 14.23, 3.
High jump: Marina Aitova (Kazakhstan) 1.91 metres, 1; Nadezhda Dusanova (Uzbekistan) 1.88, 2; Bui Thi Nhung (Vietnam) 1.88, 3.
Triple jump: Xie Limei (China) 14.73 metres, 1; Li Qian (China) 13.85, 2; Rakhima Sardi (Kazakhstan) 13.76, 3.
Shot put: Li Ling (China) 18.60 metres, 1; Lee Mi Young (Korea) 16.27, 2; Iolanta Ulyeva (Kazakhstan) 16.10, 3.
Javelin: Buoban Pamang (Thailand) 58.44 metres, 1; Liliya Dusmetova (Uzbekistan) 53.48, 2; Juan Xue (China) 52.72, 3.
4x100M relay: Thailand 44.57 seconds 1; China 44.79, 2; Thailand ‘B’ 46.20, 3.
4x400M relay: China 3:32.36, 1; Kazakhstan 3:43.89, 2; Thailand 3:50.10, 3.