ASIAN U-20 ATHLETICS | Gold for Ranvir, Ekta and Anurag

Ranvir Kumar Singh and junior National record-holder Ekta Pradeep Dey won the men’s and women’s 3000m steeple chase gold at the Asian under-20 athletics championships in Dubai on Thursday.

Anurag won men’s shot put gold. (Source: Special arrangement)

Ranvir clocked 9:22.67s for the men’s title, while Ekta played a patient waiting game and won the women’s gold in 10:31.95s. Another gold came from Anurag Singh Kaler in the men’s shot put (19.23m) with defending champion Siddarth Choudhary (19.02) taking the bronze.