Indian runners, Sreedharan Preeja and Kavitha, make show in asian games women 100mtrs Final

Indian long-distance runners Preeja Sreedharan, Kavitha won gold and silver medals respectively women’s 10,000m final to clinch the country’s fourth gold medal at the Asian Games here on Sunday.

Kavita Raut, who won the bronze in the women’s 10,000m at the Commonwealth Games last month, walked away with the silver with a personal best timing of 31:51.44.

Sreedharan, who had finished fifth in both the 5,000m and the 10,000m in the last edition of the Games in 2006, raised her performance to give India a flying start in track and field competition.

Hockey....
India defeated Japan 3-2 for their fourth consecutive win and finished atop the points-table in group B of the Asian Games men’s hockey competition, here on Sunday.

With four wins out of as many matches, India finished on top of Group B with 12 points, while arch-rivals Pakistan finished second with nine points.

India will now take on the second placed team from Group A — the winners of the match between China or Malaysia later in the day — in the semifinals on November 24 while Pakistan will be up against formidable Korea.
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