Championships in Delhi. Singh bettered the national Record in May 2016, at the International Amateur Athletics Federation (IAAF) Diamond League in Shanghai. At the 2016 Summer Olympics Singh took ill after competing and returned to India, where she was diagnosed with swine flu and ruled out from competition for the rest of the season. Singh participated in the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, having trained under her new coaches Lalit Bhanot and Renu Kolhi. She won the silver medal in the 3000 meters steeplechase with a time of 9:40.04 minutes. Singh told The Quint that she was dropped from the team owing to her age, but was happy that she could come up with a medal under the tutelage of her new support staff. She said: "I am very happy that I won the medal despite everyone telling me that I'm too old to compete at the International circuit [...] My critics have motivated me to do better." Awards and honours Following her gold medal at the 2010 Asian Games, Singh was awarded the Manyawar Shri Kanshiram Ji International Sports Award by Government of Uttar Pradesh. Singh was subsequently conferred with the Arjuna Award (India's second highest sporting honour) by the Government of India in 2012. International competitions References External links 1986 births Living people Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Padma Shri in sports Recipients of the Arjuna Award Indian female long-distance runners 21st-century Indian women 21st-century Indian people Indian female steeplechase runners Olympic athletes of India Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games World Athletics Championships athletes for India Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Athletes from Uttar Pradesh Sportswomen from Uttar Pradesh People from Raebareli