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India draws blank on second day

February 19, 2012 11:46 pm | Updated 11:46 pm IST - NEW DELHI:

India drew a blank on the second day of the Asian indoor athletics championships at Hangzhou, China, on Sunday.

On the concluding day, P.J. Vinod (4907) finished fourth and last in men's heptathlon after having trailed in third place (2869) overnight.

High jumper Jithin Thomas came fifth with 2.15. In the women's 800 metres, Pratima Tudu took the fourth place in a personal best 2:13.42.

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Surya Loganathan was eighth in the women's 3000 metres in 9:09.81, a National indoor record.

Niksy Joseph (3486) and Navpreet Kaur (3434) brought up the rear in the six-woman pentathlon field, both the Indians logging personal bests.

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