Incheon: Vikas Gowda, winner of the gold medals at the Asian Championships in Pune in 2013 and the Commonwealth Games this July, was unable to complete a hat-trick of discus gold medals, as he was once again thwarted by his old nemesis, Ehsan Hadadi of Iran, at the Asian Games here yesterday.


India's Vikas Gowda competes in the final of discus throw in Incheon yesterday. Pic/AFP 

Gowda, who was relegated to silver at the Guangzhou Asian Games by Hadadi, was once again pushed to the second spot, as he has been on numerous other occasions.