Gomathi beat Kazakhstan’s Margarita Mukasheva and China’s Wang Chunyu at an all-time record of 2 minutes and 2.70 seconds. Her previous best (2:03.21) was the golden run at the Federation Cup at Patiala recently and she just broke her own record as well.
“I did not realise till I crossed the finish line that I have won a gold medal. The last 150m was very tight race,” said Gomathi. This stunning woman is a proud part of Tamil Nadu, her family hails from Trichy.
Radikaa Sarathkumar took it to Twitter to congratulate the athlete:
Congratulations #AsianAthleticsChampionship2019 #GomathiMarimuthu keep flying👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/Pn2fkZX7J4
— Radikaa Sarathkumar (@realradikaa) April 23, 2019
Congrats 🎉#GomathiMarimuthu #india winning gold in women’s 800 meters final #AsianAthleticsChampionship2019 pic.twitter.com/6QURuwvnB5
— M.Sasikumar (@SasikumarDir) April 23, 2019
Further to that, 24-year-old Tejinderpal Singh Toor broke his personal best of 20.75m at first round throw of the Shot Put final and did a suave 20.22m and won his gold for India.
