Wed, Nov 24 10 05:52 PM
Guangzhou, Nov 24 (PTI) Commonwealth Games silver medallist Vikas Gowda bit the dust after a below-par performance saw him finish fourth in discus throw as Indian athletes drew blank on the fourth day of the track and field competitions in the Asian Games, here today. Gowda was competing against three athletes who had better results this season and finished behind all of them with an effort of 63.13m, which is below his CWG silver-winning effort of 63.69m. The US-based Indian also failed to touch his personal best of 64.69m, which he had cleared in 2007. Asian record holder and reigning champion Ehsan Hadadi defended the gold he won in Doha Games with a throw of 67.99m. Hadadi''s effort was below his Asian record of 69.32m as well as his season''s best of 68.54m but was enough to win the gold. Qatar''s Ahmed Mohamed Dheeb won the silver with a personal best of 64.56m, better than his earlier best of 63.70m. Another Iranian, Mohammad Samimi won the bronze with a 63.46m, way below his personal best of 65.41m. Today was the second day in the competition in which Indians ended without a medal in athletics. Indian athletes had opened their campaign in spectacular fashion by winning two gold and a silver on Sunday before a lull the next day. They won two bronze yesterday before drawing blank today. The Indians also disappointed in the men''s long jump finals, with Maha Singh and Ankit Sharma finishing seventh and ninth out of 11 competitors. Maha Singh cleared 7.44m while Ankit managed 7.19 -- both below-par performances. Maha Singh has a personal best of 7.99m and season''s best of 7.87m while Ankit has a personal and season''s best of 7.77m. .
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