New Delhi, Oct. 1 -- Ancy Sojan said 'tiredness' and 'fate' conspired to deny her a maiden Asian Games gold medal by just two centimetres. Having led the field with consummate ease, India's top high jumper was relegated to second position by China's Yingying Huang, who jumped to 6.55 metres at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on a rainy evening on Sunday.

Mengyi Tan of China took the bronze with a leap of 6.46m. Ancy battled fatigue and a slippery track in her last three jumps that would finally prove decisive. In an exclusive interaction with SAI Media, Ancy said: "I was leading and was praying to God not to let me down.

"I thought 6:55 is nothing and I was trying for 6:60-plus but that didn't happen. Unfortunately, it was ...