Indian athletes claim 5 medals on opening day of Asian Athletics C-ships

Indian athletes have claimed 5 medals on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha. Javelin thrower Annu Rani and 3000-meter steeple chaser Avinash Sable won the silver medals. 5000-meter runner Parul Choudhary, Quartermiler M P Poovamma and 10000-meter runner Gavit Murali Kumar bagged a bronze each on a day which saw sprint sensation Hima Das suffer a lower back spasm during her 400m heat.