Triple jumper Arpinder bags 10th gold at Asiad 2018

Arpinder Singh won the men’s triple jump event on Wednesday to bag India’s fourth gold medal in athletics and 10^th overall at Asian Games, 2018. The 25 year old jumped 16.77 m on his third attempt to bag India’s first Asiad Triple Jump gold since 1970. Another Indian triple jumper, Rakesh Babu, finished sixth in the event with a best jump of 16.40mtr. Dutee Chand won silver in women’s 200 m athletics.