India, Aug. 10 -- Basant Kumar Meghwal and Shahnavaz Khan became the first Indians to win a medal each in high jump and long jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships, clinching a silver and a bronze in their respective events on a memorable day for the country here.

The 19-year-old Basant, the reigning Asian U20 champion, cleared a personal-best of 2.21m to win the silver in the men's high jump, while Shahnavaz clinched the bronze in the men's long jump event with a best effort of 7.84m. Algeria's Younes Ayachi won the gold, while Great Britain's Otis Poole took the bronze.

All the three medallists could only clear 2.21m but failed all their three attempts to sail over 2.24m. The positions were thus decided on countback based on th...