Indian athletes bagged 11 medals, including four gold, in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix series in Bangkok today.
M R Poovamma (women's 400m), Sahana Kumari (women's high jump), Jithin Thomas (men's high jump) and Nitin Rawat (men's 5000m) bagged a gold each while Siddhanth Thingalaya (men's 110m hurdles), Rajiv Arokai (men's 400m), Kheta Ram (men's 5000m) and Renjith Maheswary (men's triple jump) won a silver each. Anu Mariam Jose (women's 400m), Arpinder Singh (men's triple jump) and Mukesh Kumari (women's javelin) won a bronze each.
Ace woman discus thrower Krishna Poonia, however, finished a disappointing fourth with a below-par performance, while Om Prakash Karhana also came a cropper with a sixth-place finish in men's shot put.
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