PU Chitra won the gold medal in the 1500 metre women's final at the 2019 Asian Athletics Championships being held at Doha in Qatar on Wednesday, the final day of the event. She recorded a time of 4 minutes and 14.56 seconds to give India a third gold medal of the meet.

After becoming the first Indian to win a gold medal at the BWF World Tour Finals, shuttler PV Sindhu said, "I have no words because this is my first win in this year." "I'm really very proud. I think the year has ended on a beautiful note," Sindhu added. Sindhu thanked her coaches and the support staff.

PV Sindhu defeated world number five Nozomi Okuhara of Japan to record her 300th career match victory across categories and clinch the BWF World Tour Finals women's singles title. Sindhu, who is ranked sixth worldwide, won the final with scoreline of 21-19, 21-17. It was the 23-year-old shuttler's first title victory in 2018, after having lost five finals this year.