Barwal's national-record marathon silver caps India's seven-medal day
Sawan Barwal ran a national-record 2:11:37 to take silver in the men's marathon at the Asian Games on Saturday, leading India's seven-medal haul on Day 7.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor added shot-put silver behind Iran's Mohammadreza Tayebise, the women's 50m rifle 3-positions team took silver, Prachi Choudhary claimed 400m bronze in 53.21 seconds, and the squash mixed-doubles pair of Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar won bronze.
Archers Dhiraj Bommadevara and Taniparthi Chikitha topped the recurve and compound qualification rounds, and India secured two squash singles final berths.
Originally reported by New Kerala. Article compiled by the Deccan Age desk.
