MR Poovamma wins bronze at Asian Grand Prix Games

MR Poovamma has had a fantastic time in June so far

India’s MR Poovamma won the bronze in the women’s 400m category at the second leg of the Asian Grand Prix Games, being played in Pathumthani in Thailand on Thursday.The 25-year-old finished with a timing of 52.72 seconds.

Nguyen Thi Huyen of Vietnam won the gold with a timing of 52.27 seconds while Rakhmanova of Kazakhstan won the silver medal with a time of 52.69 seconds.

This is Poovamma’s second’s successive bronze medal at this event. She had finished third in the first leg of the competition as well with a timing of 53.51 seconds. This is also her third medal of the month, after her silver medal win at the Asian Athletics Championships, at the start of June in Wuhan,China.