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Shanti ended Singapore's 49-year wait for an athletics gold medal at the continental event as she claimed the women's 200m title at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou.
The Indians, who had an easy run in the pool stages recording big wins, were made to toil by the Koreans despite taking a 3-0 lead in the first quarter.
Olympic gold medallist Chopra defended his title with a season's best throw of 88.88m in his fourth attempt, while Jena acame up with his personal best of 87.54 -- also his fourth attempt -- to finish 1-2.
However, it was curtains for Srikanth as he went down against Japan's Kodai Naraoka, a World Championships silver medallist, 16-21, 17-21 in pre quarterfinals.
Athletes from the country are not allowed to mingle with 'foreigners'. Even at the Games Village, they are not allowed to hang around with sportspersons from other countries. There are strict dress codes in place as well.
The duo finished behind China and Japan who won the gold and silver respectively.
Lovlina also qualified for next year's Paris Olympics.
The Thrissur native breached her personal best twice and leapt 6.63 metres to bag the second spot behind Shiqi Xiong of China, who jumped 6.73 metres to claim gold.
India picked up two gold, four silver and three bronze on the day which was marred by controversy in the women's 100m hurdles final.
Parveen, who won the bronze medal in the 63kg at the 2022 World Boxing Championships, beat Uzbekistan's Sitora Turdibekova by unanimous verdict in the quarterfinals.