Qatar’s Ahmed Bedeir Magour, Jamal Hairane claimed silver medals as Femi Seun Onugode came third in the men’s 200m final at the Asian Athletics Championships yesterday. 
Ahmed Bader Magour bagged javelin silver, while Hairane secured second spot in 800m final for his second silver of the competition. 
Qatar finished the four-day championship with six silver and one bronze. Asian record holder Ogunode tasted shock defeat for the second time in four days. Qatari ace Ogunode’s below par time of 20.79sec only managed to fetch him a bronze as Yan Chun-Han from Chinese Taipei 20.66s took the gold. 
Park Bong-Go of South Korea won silver in 20.76s. Ogunode came second in the 100m final also on the second day of the event.
In a high-voltage javelin final, Indian teenager Neeraj Chopra, the under-20 world champion,  won the gold with his last throw of over 85.23m, a meet record. Earlier Qatar’s 20-year-old Magour led the competition with a throw of 83.70m on his fourth attempt and all set to take gold home from under Chopra and Davinder Singh Kang’s noses. 
Neeraj Chopra delivered when it mattered the most on a night when 11 throws went past 80m mark. Kang’s finished third by clearing a distance of 83.29m.
In the 800m final, the 2014 Asian Games bronze medallist Hairane was the favourite in the event, but Kuwait’s Ebrahim al-Zofairi, who qualified as the fastest loser from the heats, put up a stunning display to win the race. India’s Jinson Johnson took bronze. Qatar’s Mohamed Nasser Abbas finished fourth.
India won five gold medals on the final day of the championships to finish at the top of the standings with a dozen gold in total.
This is the best performance by Indian athletes at the Asian Championships so far. Their previous best finish was in the last edition in 2013 at Wuhan, China, where they finished third with 4 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze.
Continental powerhouse China lagged far behind in second place with eight gold, seven silver and five bronze.
Kazakhstan were third with four gold, two silver and two bronze.