Ibrahim Abass M Chuot (1st from the right) competes in the men's 800m final of The 12th Asian Indoor Athletics Championships at the Tianjin Tuanbo Sports Center Athletics Arena on Feb 6. [Photo by Yan Dongjie/chinadaily.com.cn]

On the opening day, finals were held for six events, namely the men's triple jump, women's 1500m, women's shot put, men's high jump, women's pentathlon, and men's 60m, while preliminaries for events, including the women's 400m and men's 400m, also took place.

The first gold medal of the championships was claimed at the men's triple jump final on the opening day. Chinese athlete Su Wen won the championship with a jump of 16.55 meters.

Li Ziyuan contributed to this story.