<p>The 4x400 quartet of Priyanka Pawar, Murmu, Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji and Karnatapu Sowjanya clocked 3:43.83 to clinch gold. Kazakhstan (3:44.20) and Iran (4:00.03) won silver and bronze respectively.<br /><br />In women’s 400M, Murmu clocked 54.56 seconds to win the bronze while Munira Saleh (53.79) of Syria and Kazakhstan’s Maslyonko Marina (53.89) bagged gold and silver respectively.<br /><br />On the second day on Thursday, shot putter Satyendra Kumar fetched the first gold for India by hurling the iron ball to a career best and meet record shattering effort of 19.17 metres.<br /><br />Second Indian in the fray, Saurabh Vij, finished a distant fifth with a forgettable 17.22 metres.<br /><br />Kuwait’s Mohammad Mashari (18.78) and Iranian Hamid Reza Farahani (18.58) made it to a podium finish behind Satyendra.<br /><br />In men’s heptathlon, Pulimoottil Vinod Joseph won a bronze with a total score of 4981 points. Iranians Hadi Sepehrzad (5292) and Abdul Jalil Tomaj (5054) finished first and second respectively.<br /><br />India’s national record holder Hari Shankar Roy had a forgettable championships, finishing a poor sixth with an effort of 2.14.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Resmi Bose won a bronze in women’s long jump with an effort of 5.93 metres while compatriot MA Prajusha was fourth with 5.92. Mohammad Ibrar won a bronze in men’s long jump with an effort of 7.56 metres.</p>
<p>The 4x400 quartet of Priyanka Pawar, Murmu, Ashwini Chidananda Akkunji and Karnatapu Sowjanya clocked 3:43.83 to clinch gold. Kazakhstan (3:44.20) and Iran (4:00.03) won silver and bronze respectively.<br /><br />In women’s 400M, Murmu clocked 54.56 seconds to win the bronze while Munira Saleh (53.79) of Syria and Kazakhstan’s Maslyonko Marina (53.89) bagged gold and silver respectively.<br /><br />On the second day on Thursday, shot putter Satyendra Kumar fetched the first gold for India by hurling the iron ball to a career best and meet record shattering effort of 19.17 metres.<br /><br />Second Indian in the fray, Saurabh Vij, finished a distant fifth with a forgettable 17.22 metres.<br /><br />Kuwait’s Mohammad Mashari (18.78) and Iranian Hamid Reza Farahani (18.58) made it to a podium finish behind Satyendra.<br /><br />In men’s heptathlon, Pulimoottil Vinod Joseph won a bronze with a total score of 4981 points. Iranians Hadi Sepehrzad (5292) and Abdul Jalil Tomaj (5054) finished first and second respectively.<br /><br />India’s national record holder Hari Shankar Roy had a forgettable championships, finishing a poor sixth with an effort of 2.14.<br /><br />On Wednesday, Resmi Bose won a bronze in women’s long jump with an effort of 5.93 metres while compatriot MA Prajusha was fourth with 5.92. Mohammad Ibrar won a bronze in men’s long jump with an effort of 7.56 metres.</p>