Airee won gold in men´s Taekwondo 68 kg category. He defeated Anwar Hossain of Bangladesh in the final. Moken Meitei of India and Muhammad Ashfaq of Pakistan claimed bronze medals. [break]
Naori Singh fetched the fourth gold for India as he won the final of the men´s Taekwondo 74 kg category. Singh defeated Mohammad Arman Hossain of Bangladesh in the final. Syed Adeel Shah of Pakistan and Madhusanka of Sri Lanka claimed bronze medals.
In 5000 m race, Nitendra Singh of India clinched gold to take India´s gold medal tally to five. Singh finished the race with the timing of 14:52.2. Lional Samaraheewa of Sri Lanka finished second as he completed the race in 14:52.7 and Arjun Pradhan of India finished third clocking 14:53.8 minutes.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka defeated Nepal in the league round of men´s volleyball. Sri Lanka defeated Nepal in three straight sets while Bangladesh registered a 3-2 win over Pakistan. Meanwhile, India beat Sri Lanka 2-0 in men´s football.
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