The 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games have proved to be a major shot in the arm for Indian athletes. After Purnima Hembram, Govindan Lakshmanan & PU Chitra clinched a gold each in men’s 5000m and women’s 1500m races while Dharmender won the bronze in men’s freestyle 70kg belt wrestling as India’s medal count swelled to 3 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
India are now at ninth spot in the medal tally. Hosts Turkmenistan consolidated their top spot with 39 gold, 27 silver and 18 bronze.
