Jinson Johnson secure 1500M and 800M double

Asian Games gold medalist in the 1500m Jinson Johnson won the Federation Cup gold over the same distance. He clocked a time of 3.41.67 to finish well under the AFI qualification guideline of 3.46.00 for the Asian Championships. Johnson was followed closely by Uttar Pradesh athlete Ajay Kumar Saroj, who clocked a time of 3.43.57.  That effort by Saroj was enough to earn him the right to defend his gold from the 2017 edition of the Asian Championships that was held in Bhubaneswar. Also finishing under the AFI qualification guideline was Uttar Pradesh athlete Rahul who stopped the clock at a time of 3.44.94.

Earlier Johnson  also won the 800M with time of 1 minutes 49.68 seconds .

Johnson secured Silver medal of 800M during the  the Asian Games where he will be eyeing for a 800M , 1500M double at Asian championship . In 2017 edition Johnson could only secure bronze medal in-front of home crowd in India where he will be determined to make it up this time around Doha.  Johnson has been main rival or Sri Lanka middle distance champion Indunil Herath who had run some close races with Johnson and was able to beat him the Asian Grand prix once.