<p>Middle-distance runner Jessy Joseph and hurdler Meghana Shetty won silver medals for India on the third day of the 16th Asian junior athletics championships here on Saturday.<br /><br />The coveted gold medal eluded Indians for the third consecutive day as Jessy, a trainee of PT Usha, had to settle for a silver despite her best efforts. <br /><br />After coming through a testing heats in the morning, Jessy battled it out with Japan’s Ryoko Hirano in the final. In a tough race, Jessy was just two-hundredths of a second behind the Japanese (2:06.75 to 2:06.77), claiming the silver.<br /><br />India’s Archana Adhav joined Jessy on the podium with her third place finish in 2:09.11.<br />Meghana returned a personal best of 14.09 seconds for the silver in the 100M hurdles, behind Japan’s Mako Fukube (13.98).<br /><br />To the disappointment of everyone in the Indian camp, discus thrower Sachin Dalal Singh failed to get a medal.<br /><br />Having recently set a national junior record of 58.11M at Chennai, Sachin was expected to make waves in Taipei but he could not perform as expected and managed only 55.41M to finish fourth.<br /><br />Chinese athletes were 1-2 in long jump with Li Xiao-Hong taking the gold with a leap of 6.27M, followed by Rong Wang in 6.15M.</p>.<p>China and Japan are leading in the medals table with 10 gold medals each at the end of third and penultimate day of the championships. </p>
<p>Middle-distance runner Jessy Joseph and hurdler Meghana Shetty won silver medals for India on the third day of the 16th Asian junior athletics championships here on Saturday.<br /><br />The coveted gold medal eluded Indians for the third consecutive day as Jessy, a trainee of PT Usha, had to settle for a silver despite her best efforts. <br /><br />After coming through a testing heats in the morning, Jessy battled it out with Japan’s Ryoko Hirano in the final. In a tough race, Jessy was just two-hundredths of a second behind the Japanese (2:06.75 to 2:06.77), claiming the silver.<br /><br />India’s Archana Adhav joined Jessy on the podium with her third place finish in 2:09.11.<br />Meghana returned a personal best of 14.09 seconds for the silver in the 100M hurdles, behind Japan’s Mako Fukube (13.98).<br /><br />To the disappointment of everyone in the Indian camp, discus thrower Sachin Dalal Singh failed to get a medal.<br /><br />Having recently set a national junior record of 58.11M at Chennai, Sachin was expected to make waves in Taipei but he could not perform as expected and managed only 55.41M to finish fourth.<br /><br />Chinese athletes were 1-2 in long jump with Li Xiao-Hong taking the gold with a leap of 6.27M, followed by Rong Wang in 6.15M.</p>.<p>China and Japan are leading in the medals table with 10 gold medals each at the end of third and penultimate day of the championships. </p>