Laxita Sandila won India's fifth gold medal of the competition by beating her previous personal best of 4:26.48s by more than two seconds.
Laxita Vinod Sandila of India won the gold medal in the women's 1500-meter race on the last day of the Asian U-20 Athletics Championships on Wednesday in Yecheon-gun, South Korea, with a personal best time of 4:24.23 seconds.
Sandila won India's fifth gold medal of the competition by beating her previous personal best of 4:26.48s by more than two seconds.
On Day 4⃣ of Asian U20 Athletics championship, 🇮🇳's Laxita Vinod Sandila wins 🥇in Women's 1500m event by clocking a time of 4:24.23 secs.
Well done Laxita🥳 Many congratulations 👏 pic.twitter.com/1DIfwK7DC7
Laxita Sandila wins gold in 1500m with a personal best of 4 minutes 24.23 seconds while girls bagged gold in 4x400m relay in the Asian meet for under-20 at Yecheon in South Korea pic.twitter.com/lKO4n3qN4O
As India's total grew to 17 medals, Mehdi Hasan added a bronze in the men's 1500-meter race with a time of 3:56.01s and Shivaji Parashu Madappagoudra earned a silver in the men's 5000-meter race with a time of 14:49.05s.
Fast-rising athletes Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh won gold medals in the men's discus throw and the women's 400-meter races on the first day of competition on Sunday.
Decathlete Sunil Kumar grabbed a gold medal on Tuesday, while shot putter Siddharth Choudhary added another gold on Monday with a personal best throw of 19.52 metres.