Muhammed Anas got over the disappointment of missing out on the first two legs of the Asian Grand Prix and won the 400m gold in the third leg here on Sunday with an impressive 45.69s, just 0.19s off the World Championships qualifying time.

This was the national record holder’s first race of the season after he and M.R. Poovamma were denied visas by China for the Asian GP’s two earlier legs in Jinhua and Jiaxing.

“I missed the qualification time narrowly but it will come soon,” the 22-year-old, whose national record of 45.40s in Poland last year earned him a Rio Olympics slot, told The Hindu over phone.

Om Prakash Karhana, also a National record holder, won the shot put gold with a 19.58m.

Jinson Johnson and Asian champion Tintu Luka were both beaten at the tape and had to settle for silver in the men’s and women’s 800m.

Dutee Chand in the 100m and National record holder in shot-put Manpreet Kaur were the others to win silver medals. Dutee’s 11.52s was her season’s best.

Neeraj Chopra, the under-20 World champion who qualified for the World Championships with an 82.32m at the second leg in Jiaxing three days ago, took the men’s javelin bronze while Asian Games bronze medallist Poovamma picked up the women’s 400m bronze in 53.11s.

The results: Men: 100m: 1. Haiyang Xu (Chn) 10.35s, 2. Yaspi Boby (Ina) 10.39, 3, Saad Hassan (Mdv) 10.40; 8. S. Vidyasagar (Ind) 11.18. 400m: Muhammed Anas (Ind) 45.69s, 2. Cong Lich Quach (Vie) 46.66, 3. Mikhail Litvin (Kaz) 47.03. 800m:1. Indunil M. Herath (Sri) 1:51.34s, 2. Jinson Johnson (Ind) 1:51.35, 3. Mostafa Ebrahimi (Iri) 1:52.66. Triple jump: 1. Shu Cao (Chn) 16.21m, 2. Pratchaya Tepparak (Tha) 15.89, 3. Kuei-Lung Li (Tpe) 15.85; 5. Rakesh Babu (Ind) 15.72. Javelin: 1. Huang Shih-Feng (Tpe) 80.77m, 2. Chao-Tsun Cheng (Tpe) 79.93, 3. Neeraj Chopra (Ind) 79.90; 5. Ravinder Singh Khaira (Ind) 73.81. Shot put: 1. Om Prakash Singh (Ind) 19.58m, 2. Jiaxing Wu (Chn) 19.21, 3. Ali Samari (Iri) 18.68.

Women: 100m: 1. Viktoriya Zyabkina (Kaz) 11.34s, 2. Dutee Chand (Ind) 11.52, 3. Tu Chinh Le (Vie) 11.74; 10. Reena George (Ind) 12.21. 400m: 1. Elina Mikhina (Kaz) 52.55s, 2. Thi Lan Quach (Vie) 52.96, 3. M.R. Poovamma (53.11). 800m: 1. Gayanthika Thushari (Sri) 2:03.87s, 2. Tintu Luka (Ind) 2:03.97, 3. Nimali Waliwarsha (Sri) 2:06.30. Long jump: 1. Thi Thu Thao Bui (Vie) 6.41m, 2. Xu Xiao Ling (Chn) 6.35, 3. Liou Ya-Jyun (Tpe) 6.30, 4. V. Neena (Ind) 6.24. Shot put: 1. Jia Yuan Song (Chn) 17.46m, 2. Manpreet Kaur (Ind) 17.38, 3. Eki Febri Ekawati (Ina) 15.16.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Sport> Athletics / by Sport Bureau / Taipei City – April 30th, 2017