Rezoana Mallick Heena and Bharatpreet Singh kicked off their campaigns at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship with a remarkable start, clinching gold medals in the women's 400m race and men's discus throw, respectively, here on Sunday.

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Rezoana, who is a reigning Asian U-18 Champion, won first track gold for India on the opening day after clocking 53.31 sec to win the women's 400m title.

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Discus thrower Bharatpreet Singh won the second gold with his best throw of 55.66m, which came in his third attempt.

Earlier in the opening day, Antima Pal clinched a bronze in the'women's 5,000m race with a timing of 17 minutes 17.11 secs while Bushra Khan Gauri finished fourth with 18:15.98 secs.

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On the other hand, Abinaya Rajarajan clocked 11.91 secs in her 100m heat to qualify for the final.

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