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Asian Athletics Championships: Dutee Chand clinches 200m bronze in a photo-finish

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PU Chitra defended her 1500m title to give India its third gold medal while Ajay Kumar Saroj and Dutee Chand won a silver and a bronze in men's 1500m and women's 200m respectively on the fourth and final day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha on Wednesday.

Chitra overtook Bahraini runner Tigest Gashaw just a few metres before the finishing line to win the race in 4 minutes 14.56 seconds at the Khalifa Stadium.

This was India's third gold of the championships after Gomathi Marimuthu (women's 800m) and Tejinder Pal Singh Toor (men's shot put) won a yellow metal each on the second day on Monday.