Aichi-Nagoya, Sept. 27 -- India's Ancy Sojan clinched the silver medal in the women's long jump final at the Asian Games, finishing with a best effort of 6.53m in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday.

Sojan missed out on gold by just two centimetres, with China's Huang Yingying taking the top spot with a jump of 6.55m. Another Chinese athlete, Tan Mengyi, won bronze with 6.46m, while India's Shaili Singh finished fourth with a best effort of 6.42m.

India's Tejaswin Shankar clinched the bronze medal in the decathlon at the Asian Games, finishing with an impressive total of 7,934 points.

Japan's Yuma Maruyama won the gold medal with 8,123 points, while China's Chen Xinghua secured silver with 8,012 points.

Shankar came close to retaining the silver m...