New Delhi, May 30 -- 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). After two gruelling days, the competition came down to the last event - 1500m. Tejaswin's timing (4:37.99) wasn't enough to close down the gap with Fei. Japan's Keisuke Okuda finished third (7602 points). "It was close. In such championship races, you just want to go all out to secure a medal. I am happy," Tejaswin said. The 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Rupal Chaudhary, Santhosh Kumar, Vishal TK and Subha Venkatesan clocked 3:18.12secs. China finished a distant second (3:20.52s) and Sri Lanka (3:21.95s) were third. Rupal also took the women's 400m silver, clocking 52.68secs. Triple jumper Praveen Chithravel finished second with 16.90m. In women's 1500m, Pooja bagged silver clocking 4:10.83secs. In men's 1,500m, Yoonus Shah won bronze with a timing of 3:43.03 secs. Tejaswin won back-to-back medals in decathlon at the continental meet. He has a bronze from the 2023 edition. At the Hangzhou Asian Games that year, he set a national record (7666 pts). In Gumi, Tejaswin led the field after the five events on the first day (100m, long jump, shot put, high jump and 400m) but fell behind on Wednesday. Pole vault and javelin are the events in which he has struggled. In men's 400m, Vishal TK ran a personal best of 45.57 secs but had to be content with fourth place. Women long jumpers Shaili Singh (6.17m) and Ancy Sojan (6.14m) qualified for the final. In 100m hurdles, Jyothi Yarraji progressed to the final after finishing third in her heat clocking 13.18secs....