Indian athletes continued to perform pathetically as they once again managed nothing better than a silver and a bronze medal in the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix meet at Kunshan, China, on Thursday.
Ghamanda Ram (800m, silver, 1:48.17) and Seema Antil (women's discus, bronze, 50.64m) were again India's medal winners.
Ghamanda, though he returned an improved timing in the 800m, could not match the finishing power of Iranian Sajad Moradi, the Asian Games champion, and settled for the silver in 1:48.17. Seema Antil, though she also improved her performance compared to the first leg (49.77m) was no match for the second-rung Chinese, Yang Fei (59.26m) .
Mayookha Johny was the best Indian performer for the second meet running, producing an identical 13.71m that she had registered in Jiaxing.
The following were the other Indian performances: Men: 400m: P. Kunhumohammed (48.27s, 7th); High jump: Hari Sankar Roy (2.10m, 7th), Jithin Thomas (2.05m, 10th); Long jump: Maha Singh (7.48m, 4th); Triple jump: Arpinder Singh (16.16m, 7th); Discus: Vikas Poonia (49.33m, 6th).
Women: Javelin: Suman Devi (49.01m, 6th).
The results: Men: 100m: 1. Chen Qing (Chn) 10.45s, 2. Wachara Sondee (Tha) 10.50, 3. Liang Jiahong (Chn) 10.51; 400m: 1. Sajad Hashemiahan (Iri) 46.76s, 2. Chen Jianxin (Chn) 46.84, 3. Prasanna Amarasekara (Sri) 47.29; 800m: 1. Sajad Moradi (Iri) 1:47.95, 2. Ghamanda Ram (Ind) 1:48.17, 3. Yang Xiaofei (Chn) 1:48.37; High jump: 1. Zhang Guowei (Chn) 2.28m, 2. Jin Qichao (Chn) 2.24, 3. Wang Chen (Chn) 2.24; Long jump: 1. 1. Yun Zhiming (Chn) 8.05m, 2. Zhang Xiaoyi (Chn) 7.78, 3. Jiang Zhaodan (Chn) 7.73; Triple jump: 1. Kim Deok-Hyeon (Kor) 16.87m, 2. Dong Bin (Chn) 16.86, 3. Li Yanxi (Chn) 16.59; Discus: 1. Wu Jian (Chn) 62.56m, 2. Moahmoud Samimi (Iri) 62.29, 3. Mohammed Samimi (Iri) 62.03.
Women: 100m: 1. Guzel Khubbieva (Uzb) 11.50s, 2. Tao Yujia (Chn) 11.69, 3. Wei Yongli (Chn) 11.72; 400m: 1. Marina Maslyonko (Kaz) 53.15s, 2. Chen Jingwen (Chn) 53.34, 3. Chen Yanmei (Chn) 53.89; 800m: 1. Margarita Matsko (Kaz) 2:00.89, 2. Anna Sidorova (Uzb) 2:02.98, 3. Li Yong (Chn) 2:12.38; 100m hurdles: 1. Natalya Ivoninskaya (Kaz) 13.32, 2. Sun Yawei (Chn) 13.33, 3. Anastasiya Supronova (Kaz) 13.38; High jump: 1. Svetlana Radzivil (Uzb) 1.92m, 2. Wanida Boonwan (Tha) 1.92, 3. Wang Yang (Chn) 1.84; Triple jump: 1. Xie Limei (Chn) 14.06m, 2. Aleksandra Kotlyarova (Uzb) 14.00, 3. Anastasiya Juravleva (Uzb) 13.95; Discus: 1. Yang Fei (Chn) 59.26, 2. Lin Xiaojing (Chn) 53.55, 3. Seema Antil (Ind) 50.64; Javelin: 1. Wang Ping (Chn) 57.44m, 2.Gim Ae Gyeong (Kor) 55.35, 3. Xue Juan (Chn) 54.10.
