<p>Fast-rising Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh clinched a gold medal each in women's 400m race and men's discus throw respectively to launch India's campaign at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship on an emphatic note, here on Sunday.</p>.<p>Heena clocked 53.31 seconds -- just a tad below her personal best of 53.22s -- to win the gold.</p>.<p>She had also won a gold in the Asian U-18 Athletics Championships in Tashkent in April.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/sainyam-gives-india-golden-start-to-junior-shooting-world-cup-1224590.html" target="_blank">Sainyam gives India golden start to Junior Shooting World Cup</a></strong></p>.<p>Bhartpreet picked up the second gold for India with a best throw of 55.66m on the opening day of competitions.</p>.<p>Antima Pal won India's third medal of the day -- a bronze -- in the women's 5,000m race with a time of 17 minutes and 17.11 seconds.</p>
<p>Fast-rising Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh clinched a gold medal each in women's 400m race and men's discus throw respectively to launch India's campaign at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship on an emphatic note, here on Sunday.</p>.<p>Heena clocked 53.31 seconds -- just a tad below her personal best of 53.22s -- to win the gold.</p>.<p>She had also won a gold in the Asian U-18 Athletics Championships in Tashkent in April.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/sports/other-sports/sainyam-gives-india-golden-start-to-junior-shooting-world-cup-1224590.html" target="_blank">Sainyam gives India golden start to Junior Shooting World Cup</a></strong></p>.<p>Bhartpreet picked up the second gold for India with a best throw of 55.66m on the opening day of competitions.</p>.<p>Antima Pal won India's third medal of the day -- a bronze -- in the women's 5,000m race with a time of 17 minutes and 17.11 seconds.</p>