Indian Athletes have won 11 gold, 10 silver and 3 bronze medals in the South Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo. On an opening day yesterday, Arshdeep Singh provided India the first gold medal of the day in the junior men's javelin throw event.
In junior women's shot, Kiran Baliyan won gold. Lokesh Sathyanathan won the gold for India in the long jump final while in 100m hurdles Sapna Kumari also bagged gold medal.
Durga Deore in 1500 metre race grabbed gold while in 4x100m relay races, Indian junior men won gold. Women's team delivered a silver medal in the event. Other Indian gold medallists were Punitha Ramasamy, Ajay, Kunal Choudhary, Prajwal Ravi and Ankit.
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