Ranjana Yadav wins India's first medal at Asian Youths

Ranjana Yadav clinched a silver medal in the girl's 5000m walk at the Asian Youth Games at the Bahrain National Stadium, Riffa, Bahrain, on Thursday.

The Indian clocked 23 minutes 25.88 seconds to finish behind China's Liu Shiyi, who took gold in 24:15.27.

Korea's Jeong Chaeyeon bagged bronze in 25:26.93.

This was India's first medal in athletics at the AYG, taking the country's overall tally to two silver and four bronze medals.

India have won one silver and two bronze in kurash, and two bronze in taekwondo.