Tianjin, Feb. 9 -- India's 27-year-old Tejaswin Shankar added glittering gold to the Indian medal tally on the final day of the 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships in Tianjin, China, on Sunday.

The Indian contingent, with five medals, one of them gold, finished overall sixth in the medal tally. China topped the chart with 34 medals, 10 gold, 11 silver and 13 bronze, according to a release.

On his way to winning the gold medal in the heptathlon, Shankar scored 5993 points, surpassing his own national mark of 5650 set in 2021 in the USA.

Pooja (high jump--silver), Tajinderpal Singh Toor (shot put--silver) and Ancy Sojan (long jump--bronze) were other medal winners on Sunday. On opening day on Friday, India's high jumper Aadrash Ram...