India won the gold and silver medals in the women's heptathlon, through Soma Biswas and Sushmita Singha Roy respectively, at the 16th Asian Athletics Championship in Incheon City, Korea, on Friday.

Soma tallied 5,377 points in the gruelling seven-event discipline while Sushmita finished with 5,308.

Thailand's Watcharaporn Masim got the bronze medal.

Earlier, Krishna Punia won a bronze medal for India in the women's discus throw after clearing 57.67 metres.

The gold medal went to China's Song Aimin, who hurled the discus to 65.15 metres. Her compatriot Sun Taifeng claimed the silver.

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Another Indian in the fray, Seema Antil registered 53.41 metres to finish fifth.

In the men's long jump, India's Mahan Singh placed sixth with a best effort of 7.64 metres. The gold went to Saudi Arabia's Ahmed Marzoug, who jumped 7.98 metres.

The silver was claimed by Korea's Oh Sang-Won, who cleared 7.87 metres. Zhou Can of China won the bronze with a leap of 7.83 metres.

Another Indian jumper, Shamsher Singh finished seventh with an effort of 7.61 metres.

In the men's 100 metres final, India's Anil Kumar was sixth, clocking 10.61 seconds.

The race was won by Yahya Al Ghes, who breasted the tape in 10.39 seconds. The silver went to Singo Suetsugu of Japan [Images] while Qatar's Khalid Yousuf Al-Obaidli claimed the bronze.

In the women's sprint over the same distance, India's Poonam Tomar finished eighth, clocking 11.96 seconds.

Wangping Qin of China claimed gold with a timing of 11.47 seconds. Uzbekistan's Guzel Kuubbieva was second while Yi Liang of China settled for bronze.

In the men's 1,500 metres final, Ghamanda Ram also finished seventh, timing three minutes 49.62 seconds. Compatriot Pritam Bind was 10^th, clocking 3:51.49 seconds.

The gold in the event went to Qatar's Kamal Abubaker Ali, who finished in 3:44.24 seconds. The silver and bronze went to T Agar Adian  of Iraq and Kareem Nasser Shams of Qatar respectively.

India's Arun D'Souza finished ninth in the 3000m steeplechase, clocking 9:11.87 seconds.

Musa Amer Obaid of Qatar claimed gold with a timing of 8:33.62 seconds. His compatriot Moustafa Ahmed Shebto won silver while Wen-Chien Wu of Chinese Taipei took bronze.

The men's 10,000 metres saw India's Kuldeep Kumar finish seventh, clocking 31:18.75 seconds. Essa Esmail Rashid of Qatar won gold, clocking 29:03.60sec. Mukhlid al Otaibi of Saudi Arabia and Ali Dawoud Sedam of Qatar claimed silver and bronze respectively.

India's P Shankar qualified for the men's 400m hurdles final, clocking 52.09 seconds.

The race was won by Hadi Somayli of Saudi Arabia, who finished in 50.21 seconds.

In the men's 4 X 400m relay heats, the Indian quartet of Satbir Singh, Aboo Backer Thanikkal, Anil Kumar Rohil and Bhupinder Singh qualified with a timing of 3:10.00 seconds.

They finished second in the heat behind the Sri Lankan team which clocked 3:07.98 seconds.