India as a team meanwhile, finished on the fifth and last position in the final as Ashish Limaye's elimination on Sunday set them back by 1,000 points and the team ended with 1077.20 penalty points, the most on the table.
Niraj clocked timings of 4:36.314 minutes to finish at the seventh spot. Chinese Taipei's Kuan-Chieh Lai captured the gold (4:15.942 minutes) while Vladlen Denisov of Uzbekistan (4:15.994 minutes) and Timofey Yemelyanov (4:18.810 minutes) of Kazakhstan got silver and bronze respectively.
It was a closely contested game in Kochi, with the defences of both teams standing tall. However, it was Kerala Blasters FC who got the breakthrough late in the game through captain Adrian Luna, who netted his second goal in as many games. Reflecting on the result, Cooper felt his side was s
In women's 400 m hurdles, Vithya finished at the top of her heat one and number two overall with personal best timings of 55.42 seconds to be among the top five athletes to go to the final.
With the timings of 4:34.861 minutes, India managed to secure a bronze medal. The gold medal went to Chinese Taipei (4:19.447 minutes) and the silver went to South Korea (4:21.146 minutes).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi showered accolades on track and field athlete Avinash Sable after he clinched a gold medal in the 3000m steeplechase in the Asian Games on Sunday.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLC Kavitha had some special words in store for reigning World Champion, Nikhat Zareen ended her 19th Asian Games campaign with a bronze medal after going down in a closely fought semifinal bout.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated long jumper Murali Sreeshankar on his resounding success and clinching the silver medal at the ongoing 19th Asian Games. PM Modi also lauded the resilience, discipline and rigorous training of Jyothi Yarraji and conveyed his best wishes for