Siddharth Choudhary, a talented shot putter, secured India's third gold medal at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championship with an outstanding performance in Yecheon, South Korea on Monday(07-06-2023).

• The 17-year-old broke the 19m mark thrice in his first three attempts even as the rest of the field failed to come close to the mark even once.
• Qatar's Djibrine Ahmat was a distant second in the competition with a best of 18.85m.
• India's Jaidev Dikka failed to register even a single legal throw in the competition.