India's Sawan Barwal wins marathon silver at Asian Games ending 43-year medal wait
- India's Sawan Barwal won silver in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Saturday.
- He clocked 2:11:37, finishing 48 seconds behind Japan's Ichitaka Yamashita, who won gold in 2:10:49.
- This is India's first Asian Games marathon medal since 1982 and its first in the event on foreign soil.
- In April, Barwal broke Shivnath Singh's 48-year-old national marathon record at the Rotterdam Marathon.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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