Commonwealth Youth Games 2023: Jharkhand's Asha Kiran Barla wins silver medal in 800m

Jharkhand's Asha Kiran Barla has won the silver medal in the Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 held in Tribango, Spain by completing the 800 meters race in 2.04:99 minutes. Asha has become the first athlete from Jharkhand to win a medal in the Games.

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Meanwhile, in this competition, Gill Phoebe of England won the gold medal with a time of 2.02:30 minutes. While Cooper Fleur of Australia settled for bronze for clocking 2:05.86s. Asha is an athlete of Athletics Academy Bokaro. Earlier, she made it to the finals while being on top in the semi-finals.

A 35-member Indian team is participating in the Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 organized from August 4 to 13. Three Indian athletes won medals at the Commonwealth Youth Games 2023 on sixth and final day of the event, taking India's medal tally to five. Moreover, India achieved a 17th place finish in the Games.

Asha's silver was India's second in the Commonwealth Youth Games 2023, with Shoan Ganguly finishing second in 400m individual medley. Haryana's Pooja, meanwhile, won the bronze medal in high jump, attaining new personal best with a 1.75m leap. Pooja jumped 1.73m during the National Inter-State Athletics Championships. In Trinidad and Tobago, the youngster was tied with Lousin-Roe Izobelle as both maintained -0.03 gap while taking off. Australia's Stolberg Toby and England's Brown Thea won the gold and silver medals.

In javelin throw, Arjun, the Asian Youth Athletics Championships silver medallist from Delhi, secured a bronze medal with an effort of 65.94m. He finished behind Jansen Willem Schalk Jacobus and Rutter Tom, who won the gold and silver medals.

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