Asian Games: Arpinder Singh strikes gold in men\'s triple jump

<p>Jakarta [Indonesia], August 29 (ANI): Indian athlete Arpinder Singh on Wednesday clinched a gold medal in Men\'s Triple Jump event of the ongoing 18th edition of the Asian Games.</p><p>The 25-year-old finished on top of the podium with a brilliant mark of 16.77m in the final round of the event.</p><p>While Ruslan Kurbavov of Uzbekistan settled for the silver medal with a mark of 16.62m, Chinese athlete Shuo Cao finished third with a jump of 16.56m.</p><p>Rakesh Babu, another Indian in the fray, finished on the sixth position with a final effort of 16.40m.</p><p>In men\'s 1500m athletics event, India\'s Manjit Singh and Jinson Johnson qualified for the final round. After picking up a gold and silver medal respectively in the 800m athletics event, the duo will now be eyeing a podium finish in 1500m event, as well.</p><p>India\'s total medal tally at the prestigious tournament now stands at 53-ten gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze. (ANI)</p><br/><center><em><p>This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI</p></em></center>

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