Indians win one silver on 2nd day of Youth Oly Qualifiers

Bangkok, May 22:

Distance runner Kisan Tadvi won a silver in boys’ 3000m race as India bagged just one medal on the second and concluding day of the 2014 Youth Olympics Asian Area Athletics Qualification event here today.
Tadvi clocked 8 minutes 27.87 seconds to settle for a silver behind Bahrain’s Abdo Abdi Ibrahim (8:26.39). China’s Liu Hongliang was third in 8:33.46.
The Indians had bagged four medals yesterday, including a gold from Ajay Kumar Saroj who won the boys’ 1,500m race.
This morning, the Indians had a disappointing start with race walker K T Neena (26:11.78) and hammer thrower Pradeep Kumar (61.76m) finishing fourth in their respective events. (PTI)