India, May 28 -- Asian Games silver medallist Tejaswin Shankar narrowly missed gold in decathlon while India's mixed 4x400m relay team put up a dominating show to defend the title on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea.

Tejaswin (7,618 points) gave a tough fight to China's Fei Xiang (7,634) but fell short by 16 points, finishing second. After two gruelling days, the competition came down to the 10th and last event -- 1500m -- on Tuesday. Tejaswin's timing (4:37.99) wasn't enough to close down the gap with Fei. Japan's Keisuke Okuda finished third (7602 points).

"The difference between gold and silver was 16 points. The difference between silver and bronze 16 points. That's how close it was. In such c...