India, Sept. 27 -- Sarvesh Anil Kushare came agonisingly close to winning the gold medal but lost the high jump final on countback to Fu Chao-hsuan of Chinese Taipei. That summed up India's frustrating day in track and field after another gold medal contender Ancy Sojan also settled for silver in the long jump, after she was surpassed by China's Huang Yingying in the sixth and final jump (6.55m to 6.53m) at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya.

Both Kushare and Fu cleared 2.25m, but Fu did it on his first attempt and Kushare on his second, which decided the eventual winner. At the Glasgow CWG too Kushare missed the gold by a whisker, losing on countback to Jamaica's Romaine Beckford over the same height.

Still, it was quite an achievement fo...