Hong Kong, May 30 (IANS) Indian athletes added three more gold medals to the tally on the penultimate day of the 22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships in Hong Kong on Saturday. Nikhil Chandrashekar (3000m steeplechase), Basant (high jump), and Shahnavaz Khan (long jump) swelled the Indian gold medal tally to seven. India won four gold medals on Friday.Nikhil Chandrashekar sprinted home to victory in the men’s 3000m steeplechase. His winning time of 9:25.44 seconds was a personal best.Shahnava…
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Tumkur, April 26 (IANS) Abhay Singh continued his superb performance by adding the 200m title to the 100m one he claimed two days back to complete a grand double as several national and meet records were improved on the final day of the 24th National Junior (U20) Athletics Federation Competition at the Mahatma Gandhi Stadium in Karnataka in Tumkur on Sunday.The majority of the medal winners also achieved the Asian junior qualification mark in their respective events. Sprinter Abhay Singh, repres…