Guangzhou: In a sparkling show, Sudha Singh fetched India's second gold medal in track and field events and fifth overall by winning the 3000m Steeplechase event with her personal-best timing here on Sunday.
Sudha made up for her poor outing at last month's Commonwealth Games, clocking 9:55:67s to take the honours at the Aoti Main Stadium on Sunday.
Sudha's previous personal best timing was 9:57:63, which she recorded in the Delhi Commonwealth Games.
Yuan Jin of China won the silver with a timing of 9:55:71, while Japan's Minori Hayakari bagged the bronze (10:01:25).
The other Indian in the fray, Jaisha Orchatteri Puthiya Veetil, finished a disappointing fifth in the six-competitor event with a timing of 10:18:97.
Earlier in the day, India clinched both gold and silver in the women's 10,000m.
Top long-distance runner Preeja Sreedharan clinched the gold medal with a personal best of 31:50:47 while Kavita Raut, who won the bronze in the same event at the Delhi Commonwealth Games, walked away with the silver, also with a personal best timing of 31:51:44.
Sreedharan, who had finished fifth in both the 5000m and the 10000m in the last edition of the Games at Doha in 2006, raised her performance to give India a flying start in track and field competition.
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