20-year-old Sanjivani Jadhav won a bronze in the women’s 5000 meters in her maiden international meet. At the Asian Athletics Championships, in the field of eight 5000m runners, Sanjivani was the youngest.

The diminutive athlete was dwarfed by her tall competitors. Right through the race she stayed close to the leading pack of Daria Maslova of Kyrgyzstan, a bronze medal winner from the previous edition of the championships, and the United Arab Emirates’ Alia Mohammed. L Suriya.