India bagged three gold and two bronze medals on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships here on Thursday. Jyothi Yarraji became the first from the country to secure top podium finish in women’s 100m hurdles in the continental showpiece.

The 23-year-old Yarraji opened India’s gold medal account in the championships as she clinched her maiden yellow metal in a major international event.

Ajay Kumar Saroj ran a tactical race to win the men’s 1500m gold before Commonwealth Games silver medallist Abdulla Aboobacker added a yellow metal for the country by clinching the men’s triple jump event.

It was an impressive show by the Indians as they won three gold out of 10 on offer on Thursday.

Quartermiler Aishwarya Mishra (53.07 seconds) and Tejaswin Shankar were the other medal-winning Indians on the day, with a bronze in women’s 400m final and gruelling men’s decathlon.

It was the maiden international medal for both Aishwarya and Tejaswin at the senior level in their respective events, competing in their first international event. Tejaswin started decathlon from last year.