Asian Indoor Athletics Championships: Renjith Maheswary settles for silver in triple jump

Triple jumper Renjith Maheswary on Sunday bagged a silver to swell India’s medal tally to five on the third day of the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships here.

Maheswary had a modest jump of 16.16m to finish second behind Kazakhstan’s Roman Valiyev (16.69m).

Local lad Rashid Ahmed Al Mannai took the bronze with an effort of 15.97m.

In the 60m hurdles, India’s Gayathry Govindharaj qualified for Monday’s final with her personal best to 8.38 secs.

Earlier, Mayookha Johny had claimed her second medal — a silver in the women’s triple jump — to add to her gold in long jump on the opening day.

In an unfortunate incident, India’s multi-event specialist Swapna Barman —who originally finished second in pentathlon — was disqualified following a protest lodged by the Iranian team.

The Jury of Appeals upheld the protest from Iran citing lane infringement by the Indian athlete in 800m — the fifth and last event of the pentathlon.