Vinod was in good form during Asian Championship at Amman also, but could not win a medal despite coming up with the second overall best performance by an Indian of 7441 points.
In other events, Indian athletes won three silver and four bronze medals on the last day of the athletic competitions.
Chinese Liu Qing shattered Sinimol Paulose's double gold medal-winning mission by beating her in the final of 800m event. Liu clocked 2: 06.13s while silver medal winner Sinimol finished with a time of 2:06.32s. A. Vijila took bronze with 2:06.75s.
In the women's 3000m final, Preeja Sreedharan won the silver medal with a timing of 9:27.62s while Surendra Singh too claimed silver in the men's 3000m final with a timing of 8: 04.99s. Sunil Kumar took bronze with 8:10.07s.
R Rajeev won a bronze medal in the men's 800m with timing of 1:50.87s.
The Indian women’s 4x400m relay team, comprising Anu Mariam Jose, Antony Vijila, Sini jose and Machettira Poovamma Raju, won the bronze medal with a timing of 3: 41.09s.
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