India finished the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Gumi, South Korea, on Saturday with 24 medals — eight gold, 10 silver and six bronze.
With this, India finished second in the medal tally, behind China.
In addition to the substantial medal haul, there were two National Records in Gumi for India: Animesh Kujur (Men’s 200m) and Parul Chaudhary (Women’s 3000m Steeplechase).
Of the 24 medals, eight of them were gold, 10 silver and six bronze medals. China topped the table chart with 26 medals, including 15 gold, eight silver and three bronze medals, as per a press release from the Athletics Federation of India (AFI).
Japan, with 24 medals, four of them gold, was third in the medal tally.
All eyes on the final day of the competition were on the men’s javelin throw. Sachin Yadav, on his international debut, recorded a personal and season best of 85.16m to win the silver medal behind Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem (86.40m).
On his missing the automatic qualification mark of 85.50m for the September 13 to 21 Tokyo World Athletics Championships, Yadav said, the Asian championships were a good learning experience and he will get back to chalk out plans for his next competition.
“I missed vital training sessions due to ankle and shoulder niggle which hampered my preparation for the Asian meet. I should be able to recover the lost ground in the coming weeks to achieve my goal of earning a ticket to Worlds in my next competition,” Yadav said as quoted by the AFI press release.
Yadav said he was focused on giving his best in his first international meet. “I always focus on my performance during competition and don’t look at the results of other competitors,” the Asian silver medallist said.
The final day also saw Animesh Kujur sprinting to glory in the men’s 200m. A false start by a Chinese sprinter didn’t upset the Indian sprinter’s strategy to win a medal in the 200m.
On his way to winning bronze, Kujur clocked 20.32 seconds to better his own national record of 20.40 seconds set in a domestic meet in Kochi in April. “The start was not so good. But good curve running enabled me to earn a medal in the Asian meet,” Kujur said in the post-race interaction.
Indian quartet of Srabani Nanda, SS Sneha, Abhinaya Rajarajan and Nithya Gandhe clocked 43.86 seconds to win silver in women’s 4x100m relay. China took home gold while Thailand won bronze.
Distance runner Parul Chaudhary added a second silver to her kitty on Saturday. The winner of silver in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase added a 5000m silver medal to her collection today.
Middle-distance runner Pooja also added an 800m bronze to her kitty. She had won a 1500m silver in the competition.
Vithya Ramraj also won bronze in the women’s 400m hurdles. She clocked 56.46 seconds. However, Jyothi Yarraji and Nithya Gandhe weren’t successful in winning medals in the women’s 200m.
India’s Gold Medallists
- Men’s 10,000m: Gulveer Singh
- Mixed 4x400m relay: Rupal Chaudhary, Santosh Kumar, Vishal TK and Subha Venkatesan
- Men’s 3000m Steeplechase: Avinash Sable
- Women’s 100m hurdles: Jyothi Yarraji
- Women’s 4x400m Relay: Jisna Mathew, Rupal Chaudhary, Kunja Rajitha and Subha Venkatesan
- Men’s 5000m: Gulveer Singh
- Women’s High Jump: Pooja
- Heptathlon: Nandini Agasara
India’s Silver Medallists
- Women’s 400m: Rupal Chaudhary
- Women’s 1500m: Pooja
- Decathlon: Tejaswin Shankar
- Men’s Triple Jump: Praveen Chithravel
- Men’s 4x400m Relay: Jay Kumar, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu Thekkinalil Saji and Vishal TK
- Women’s Long Jump: Ancy Soja
- Women’s 3000m Steeplechase: Parul Chaudhary
- Men’s Javelin Throw: Sachin Yadav
- Women’s 5000m: Parul Chaudhary
- Women’s 4x100m Relay: Srabani Nanda, Abhinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS, and Nithya Gandhe
India’s Bronze Medallists
- Men’s 20km race walk: Servin Sebastian
- Men’s 1500m: Yoonus Shah
- Women’s Long Jump: Shaili Singh
- Men’s 200m: Animesh Kujur
- Women’s 400m hurdles: Vithya Ramraj
- Women’s 800m: Pooja
