Athletics - Murali Sreeshankar, Harmilan Bains win silver in Long Jump and 1500m event | Asian Games 2023

Updated : Oct 01, 2023 22:32
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Flamboyant Harmilan Bains won a silver medal with a time of 4 minutes 12.74 seconds in the women's 1500m race. 

Harmilan joined her mother Madhuri Singh who won a silver medal in the 800m in the 2002 edition of the Asian Games.

In men's long jump, the Commonwealth Games silver medallist Murali Sreeshankar picked up a silver with a jump of 8.19m in Hangzhou. This is India's first medal in the Long Jump at Asiad since 1978. Jeswin Aldrin finished at 8th position in same event with a best jump of 7.76 m

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