Jakarta Aug 30 (IANS) India s Jinson Johnson clinched the gold in the men s 1500 metres event at the 2018 Asian Games here on Thursday.

Johnson clocked 3 minutes and 44.72 seconds to take the yellow metal. Iran s Amir Moradi took the silver with his season best timing of 3:45.62 while Bahrain s Mohammed Tiouali settled for the bronze with a time of 3:45.88.

--IANS tri/sed