Jakarta [Indonesia], February 12 (NT): India grabbed two gold medals, three silver and as many bronzes on the introductory day of athletics at the Asian Games invitational tournament in Jakarta on Sunday.

While the idea of the competition is to dole out as a test event for the Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, Indian competitors put up a brawny show ahead of what will be a demanding season. Competing in his first competition of the season, javelin thrower Devinder Singh Kang, the bronze medalist at last year's Asian Championships stamped Indian supremacy in the event.

Kang, a finalist at the 2017 World Championships, recorded a best effort of 75.87m to finish ahead of Ranasinghe Denagamage of Sri Lanka who had a best effort of 75.39m.

18-year-old Sachin Silwal added bronze for India with a best effort of 68.12m. Kang. She recently began training under former world record holder Uwe Hohn, appeared out of touch initially and was trailing Denagamage until his final effort before producing a mark that put the gold medal out of reach of the Sri Lankan.

Sonia Baishya brought gold in the women's 400m. Baishya, 22, run the quarter mile in a time of 53.53seconds, to pip teammate Nithya Shree Ananda who clocked 54.34 seconds. It was a personal best for the West Bengal athlete beating her previous best by .45 seconds.