PU Chitra has claimed a gold for India in the 1500m at the ongoing 23rd edition of the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, where India finished with a total of 17 medals. Ajay Kumar Saroj and women’s 4X400 relay team bagged silver medals while Dutee Chand clinched a bronze in 200m race.

Heptathlete Swapna Barman won a silver medal for India on the third day of the ongoing 23rd Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday. The 4X400 mixed relay team also won a silver medal while Sanjivani Jadhav finished third in the women’s 10,000m final on yesterday.

2014 Asian Games gold medallist Seema Punia qualified for the upcoming Rio Olympics after winning gold at the Pat Young Thrower's Classic in Salinas, California on Sunday. The 32-year-old threw a distance of 62.62 meters in the discus throw event to confirm her place in the quadrennial event.

Indian race walker Gurmeet Singh scripted history on Sunday after becoming the first Indian athlete to win a gold medal at the Asian 20km Race Walk Championship. The 30-year old won the men’s event with the season’s best effort and has made a case for himself to board the flight to Rio.