India's young female athletes Jyoti Yaraji and Harmilan Bines won gold medals at the Asian Indoor Athletics. In the women's 1500 meter race, Harmila stood first with a timing of four minutes 29.55 seconds. Jyoti won the gold medal in the women's 60m hurdles with a national record time of 8.12 seconds. Shaili Singh and Naina James missed a podium finish in women's long jump. Both of them jumped 6.27 meters and 6.23 meters respectively.