MR Poovamma clinches silver in the 400m at the Asian Athletics Championships

Poovamma though missed the Olympic mark

India have bagged their second medal at the Asian Athletics Championships, that is currently being played in Wuhan, China with MR Poovamma clinching the silver in the 400m. event.

The Kodagu-born athlete clocked a timing of 53.07 and thereby clinched her second consecutive silver at the Asian Championships after her silver medal win at the 2013 edition of the Championships, that were held in Pune.

But her medal, here though, seems like it might have come at a cost as she fell behind the Olympic qualification mark by 1.07 seconds.

This is now India’s second medal after Inderjeet Singh won Gold on Day One of the competition with an effort of 20.41m.

MR Poovamma wins the 400m silver (53.07 secs) @asianathletics Championships in Wuhan. The Rio qualification mark for 400m is 52.00 secs.

— Sameer Shirodkar (@SameerSh29) June 4, 2015