After a day of ignominy for champions and season leaders on Monday, it was time they came back onto the centre-stage to prove their class. The third day of athletics action in the Asian Games saw World champion Maryam Yusuf Jamal take the women's 1500 metres gold and Asian champion Mohammed Othman Shaween claim the men's metric mile title. Asian leaders elsewhere also won, with Chinese woman discus thrower Li Yanfeng nailing the gold, and in the process stretching her continental lead with a huge throw of 66.18 in the second round, dashing all Indian hopes; defending champion Tareq Mubarak Taher winning the men's 3000m steeplechase; Qatar's junior sensation, and season leader, Essa Mutaz Barshim claiming the high jump gold, and Uzbek Yulia Tarasova, Asian champion, winning the heptathlon title. Brilliant Chinese India, high on hopes, but not adequately prepared for a championship of this stature, a month after the Commonwealth Games, managed two bronze medals, both on … [Read more...] about Poonia and Pramila bag bronze