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 on Sunday.

Heena clocked 53.31 seconds, just a tad below her personal best of 53.22 seconds to win the gold. She had also won gold in the Asian U-18 Athletics Championships in Tashkent in April.

Bhartpreet picked up the second gold for India with a best throw of 55.66m on the opening day of competitions. Antima Pal won India’s third medal of the day a bronze in the women’s 5,000 meter race with a time of 17 minutes and 17.11 seconds.