Taoyuan City: National record holder in the 100m, Dutee Chand bagged her sprint double, clinching the gold medal in the women’s 200m, as the Indians made a sweep in the event on the second and final day of the Taiwan Open Athletics Championships 2016, at Taoyuan City, Taipei, Taiwan on Friday. Overall, the Indian athletics team won nine medals, including four Gold medals, three silver and two bronze.
Dutee clocked 23.52s to clinch the sprint doubles after winning the 100m on Thursday. Srabani Nanda clinched the silver medal, clocking 23.55s while Jyothi HM finished third in 23.92s to complete the sweep.
In the men’s discus throw, Kripal Singh finished on top of the podium with his best effort of 58.20m, followed by Arjun winning the silver medal with a throw of 55.50m. Ci-Yun Li won the bronze medal with his best throw of 47.03m.
In men’s shot put, Korean IL Woo Jung clinched the gold by throwing the iron ball to 18.12m. India’s National record holder Om Prakash Karhana heaved the iron to a distance of 17.85m to finish second for the Silver medal. Arivuselvam finished third in the men’s triple jump event with an effort of 15.62m.
India won seven medals on the second and final day of the championships with two gold, three silver and two bronze medals.
