India finished third in the team standings in the 13th Asian Triathlon Championships in Subic Bay, The Philippines, on April 3 and 4.
In the men's under-23 section, Mahesh Shinde finished fourth covering the 1.5 km swim, 40 km bicycling and 10 km run in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 18 seconds. He was just 11 seconds away from the third placed Japanese Higashino Sho. Another Japanese, Yuichi Hosoda won the first place in 1:56:57.
In the female junior elite category (750m swim, 20km bike and five km run), the Indians finished sixth, 10th and 17th.
Kavya finished sixth timing 1:07:15 improving upon her performance in the 12th edition of the Championships held in Chennai. Sneha Shampur came 10th in 1:09:58, while Kanthamani finished 17th in 1:19:53.
Japan's Aoi Kuramoto won the first place with a timing of 1:06:14.
The Indian junior boys also did well securing the fourth and sixth positions.
Mani Singh came a creditable fourth timing 59 minutes and 52 seconds while Syed Jabir finished sixth in 1:00:16. Kazuma Higa of Japan won the first place in 58:35 seconds.
The Indian triathlon team's chief coach is Australian Brett Mace.
