India, Sept. 28 -- Long jumper Ancy Sojan and high jumper Sarvesh Kushare raised hopes of India's first athletics gold in the ongoing Asian Games before settling for a silver each to lead the country's five-medal haul on a productive Sunday.

Decathlete Tajaswin Shankar, 3000m steeplechaser Parul Chaudhary and 200m runner Harita Bhadra clinched a bronze each to take India's total athletics medal count to 13 (6 silver, 7 bronze) at the Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium that was lashed by incessant drizzle for the second day running.

The 75-member-strong Indian athletics team is still searching for a gold with two days left in the competition.

The 25-year-old Ancy was on the verge of winning her maiden Asian Games gold with her fifth-round eff...