Ekaterina Voronina, an Uzbekistani athlete, secured a gold in the Asian Championship in Athletics, which is taking place in Doha these days.

With victories in four of the seven events, Ekaterina Voronina won the heptathlon by over 200 points with a 6198 tally, another early season world lead just 14 points shy of her lifetime best.

The 27-year-old Voronina began the day with a 29-point lead but put the competition out of reach with a 53.53m effort in the javelin, nearly seven metres better than the rest of the field. Swapna Barman of India was a distant second with 5993.

Nadia Dusanova, showing a result of 190 cm in the high jump, brought the third gold medal to the store of the national team of Uzbekistan. Another compatriot athlete Svetlana Radzivil was third with a result of 188 cm.

It should be recalled that the first gold medal at the Asian Championship for Uzbekistan was won by Ruslan Kurbanov in the triple jump.

Today, on April 24, Nigina Sharipova, Sukhrob Khodjaev and Nikita Loginov will represent Uzbekistan in the final of the 200-meter run, the hammer throw and the long jump, respectively.