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India added three more medals to its tally on Day 2 of the Asian Athletics Championships with Rupal Chaudhary and Pooja winning silver and Yoonus Shah claiming bronze on Wednesday. Quarter-miler Rupal opened India’s account for the day, clocking 52.68 seconds to finish second in the women’s 400m final.

 

Fellow Indian Vithya Ramraj was placed fifth with a time of 53.00 seconds. The gold went to Japan’s Nanako Matsumoto (52.17s), while Uzbekistan’s Jonbibi Hukmova (52.79s) took bronze. Pooja secured India’s second silver with a time of 4:10.83 in the women’s 1500m, while Yoonus Shah clocked 3:43.03 in the men’s 1500m to finish third.