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Gowda gets silver
Vikas Gowda settled for a silver in men\'s discus throw as he failed to mount any serious challenge to his old nemesis Ehsan Hadadi of Iran while Tintu Luka qualified for the women\'s 800m race final on the fourth day of athletics competitions in the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Tintu Luka, Sushma Devi in 800m finals
Incheon: Vikas Gowda settled for a silver in men's discus throw as he failed to mount any serious challenge to his old nemesis Ehsan Hadadi of Iran while Tintu Luka qualified for the women's 800m race final on the fourth day of athletics competitions in the Asian Games here on Tuesday.
Gowda, who recently won the gold in Glasgow Commonwealth Games, came up with a below-par best effort of 62.58m which he did in his second attempt to fetch the silver at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium here. The Indian has a season's best of 65.62m while his personal best -- also the national record -- is 66.28m.
Hadadi, who was struggling for form this season despite being a pre-Games favourite, outperformed Gowda with a best throw of 65.11m to clinch the gold and run away with a hat-trick of titles. He has also won gold in 2006 and 2010 Asian Games.
Gowda had finished third in 2006 Doha Games.
The Iranian Asian record holder with 69.32m, one of the top discus throwers in the world, threw the disc better than Gowda's 62.58m four times on Tuesday as he also had 64.89, 63.77 and 64.47 in his fourth to sixth attempts.
In the only other final involving an Indian, national record holder Siddhanth Thingalaya finished sixth in men's 110m hurdles in 13.73secs. The Indian could not touch his season's best of 13.65secs, which he did in August at Patiala.
Half milers medal prospect Tintu Luka and Sushma Devi qualified for the women's 800m finals. Luka, the Asian leader with 2:00.56, won heat number one in 2:04.28 while Sushma was third in heat number two in 2:03.54.
Defending champion in women's 400m hurdles, Ashwini Akkunji qualified for the final after finishing second in the heats in 57.67secs. Ashwini has a season's best of 57.43secs while his personal best is 56.15.
In men's 800m, Sajeesh Joseph qualified for the final round after finishing third in his heat in 1:49.90.
Jithin Paul was lucky to have qualified for the men's 400m hurdles final despite clocking below Abraham's time as he finished second in heat number 2 in 51.76secs. The third and fourth place finishers in heat number 3 also qualified for the final as two best timers outside top two finishers in each heat.
