India athletes won as many as 28 medals to register their best-ever Asian Athletics Championship in Thailand. During this five-day athletic meet, India won 6 gold, 13 silver and 9 bronze medals. Previously, India's best result at the Asian Athletic Championship was in Bhubaneshwar in 2017 where India had won 27 medals. India finished third just behind Japan and China in the Asian Athletics Championship 2023 medal tally.

Asian Athletics Championship 2023 | Recap of India's performance

Jyothi Yarraji, Abdulla Aboobacker, the mixed relay team, and Murali Sreeshankar were definitely the stars for India in the championship. Jyothi Yarraji who already has the National record in 100m hurdles, clocked 13.08 to win the gold along with her silver in the 200m race (23.13)

Abdulla Aboobacker's 16.92 m was good enough to big India the gold in the Men's triple jump category. The Indian mixed 4*400 relay team clocked 3:14.70 to showcase the future of Indian track and field by winning the Gold medal. Ajay Kumar Saroj was impressive as well with his 3:41.51 to win the Gold in Men's 1500-meter race.

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Along with them, it was Parul Chaudhary who was superb with two medals in the Asian Athletics Championship 2023 for India. Parul won one gold in 3000 metres steeplechase and one silver in the Women's 5000m race. Swapna Barman's 5840 points in the Heptathlon with so much injury in recent times, was an impressive feat as well.

But, it was Murali Sreeshankar's 8.37m long jump that caught all the attention. Sreeshankar's final jump not only made sure he will have the silver medal, but it also gave him the ticket to Paris Olympics 2024 as well.

Gold Medalists for India | Asian Athletics Championship 2023

Silver Medalists for India | Asian Athletics Championship 2023

Bronze Medalists for India | Asian Athletics Championship 2023

India's star athlete Jyoti Yarraji won the women’s 100m hurdles event with a timing of 12.99s in the opening day of the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 on Saturday. The Indian hurdler relied on a desperate final push to claim a win, after going into the final hurdle trailing at second. This is India's fourth medal on the first day of the competition.

The 25-year-old Jyothi Yarraji had previously won gold at the Asian Championships in South Korea on 29 May with a time of 12.96 seconds. Her national record stands at 12.78 seconds.

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Tejas Shirse secured gold

Tejas Shirse, also a national record holder, secured gold in the men’s 110m hurdles, clocking 13.52 seconds – the second-fastest time of his career. Local athletes Hsieh Yuan-kai (13.72 seconds) and Kuei-Ru Chen (13.75 seconds) took silver and bronze, respectively. Shirse’s national record is 13.41 seconds.

Abdulla Aboobacker and Pooja also won gold medals in their respective events: the men’s triple jump and the women’s 1500m. Aboobacker achieved a distance of 16.21m, falling short of his personal best of 17.19m. Pooja, who won silver at the Asian Championships in South Korea last month, finished in 4 minutes 11.63 seconds. Her personal best is 4:09.52, set in 2023.

Watch how Indian athlete Jyothi Yarraji won gold in 100m hurdles in the Taiwan Athletics Open 2025 with a stunning final push.

The Indian star athlete clocked 12.99s to win the gold.  Till the 7th hurdle, she was behind, but in the last 20m, she won the race with great acceleration.  

The 25-year-old national record holder had won the Gold medal in the Asian Athletics Championship 2025, a few weeks ago. 

Indian athletes claimed a total of four gold medals on the opening day of the Taiwan Open on Saturday. Pooja won the gold medal in Women's 1500m. Abdulla Aboobacker clinched the gold medal in men’s triple jump, with a leap of 16.21m. 

Meanwhile, alongside Jyothi, Tejas Shirse also won the gold in Men's 100m hurdles to make it double glory for the Indian 100m hurdle team. 

The Indian contingent, over 60 athletes participating at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Gumi, Republic of Korea, from May 27 to 31. Indian athletes won 24 medals, eight gold, 10 silver and six bronze, at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025.

400m runner Rupal Chaudhary and 1500m runner Pooja bagged silver medals, while Yoonus Shah added a bronze in the men’s 1500m event. Rupal clocked 52.68 seconds to finish second in the women’s 400m final. India’s Vithya Ramraj came in fifth with a time of 53.00 seconds. Pooja timed 4:10.83sec in the women’s 1500m to come in second, ahead of Lili Das, who finished fourth in 4:13.81sec.

In the men’s section, Yoonus Shah bagged the bronze with a time of 3:43.03, behind Japan’s Kazuto Lizawa, who clocked a PB of 3:42.56 and South Korean Jaeung Lee, who timed 3:42.79.

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Meanwhile, India’s 4x400m mixed relay team successfully retained the gold medal as the quartet of Rupal, Santhosh Kumar, Vishal TK and Subha Venkatesan earned top spot with a timing of 3:18.12sec.

Decathlete Tejaswin Shankar added a silver for the nation, as he finished second in his event after accumulating a score of 7618 following the 10 events.

Earlier, India’s Gulveer Singh claimed the gold medal in the 10,000m event, while Servin Sebastian bagged the 20km race walk bronze.

The 26th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships features over 2000 athletes from 43 nations. Indian athletes participated in a total of 30 medal events - 15 for men, 14 for women and one mixed team - over the five-day competition.

Asian Athletics Championships 2025 | India’s medal winners

Asian Athletics Championships 2025 | Medal Tally

India got off to a stellar start to their campaign at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in Bangkok on Tuesday with national record holder Gulveer Singh taking the lead by winning the country's first gold medal in the men's 10,000m event. Earlier in the day, Servin Sebastian opened India's medal account by winning bronze in the men's 20km walk.

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Gulveer brings third gold for the country

Gulveer, the 26-year-old 2023 Asian Games bronze medallist, produced a composed performance to top the 10,000m. He won the gold medal in a race that lasted the last few laps, clocking 28 minutes 38.63 seconds. 

Though his time was well short of the national record of 27:00.22 he set earlier this year, the win marked a major achievement for Indian long-distance running on the continental stage.

This is India's third gold in the men's 10,000m race at the Asian Athletics Championships, after Hari Chand (1975) and Govindan Lakshmanan (2017).

Suzuki of Japan got silver

Mebuki Suzuki of Japan won the silver medal with a time of 28:43.84, while Albert Kibichi Rop of Bahrain won the bronze medal with a time of 28:46.82. With a brilliant acceleration in the final 800m, Gulveer overtook Suzuki and Rop.

Sebastian gave a tough fight

On the other hand, Sebastian gave a tough fight in the fiercely contested men's 20km walk and won India's first medal (bronze) in the event in his personal best timing of 1 hour 21 minutes and 13.60 seconds. His earlier best timing (1:21:23) came when he won the gold medal at the Uttarakhand National Games in February this year.

Wang Zhaozhao of China won the gold medal with a time of 1:20:36.90, while Kento Yoshikawa of Japan won the silver medal with a time of 1:20:44.90. Sebastian stayed in the leading group for most of the race and managed to hold off a late challenge from the chasing group to finish on the podium. 

Amit Khatri, the other Indian in the event, finished fifth with a time of 1:22:14.30, out of medal contention but still a solid performance.

Annu Rani disappointed in women's javelin throw

Meanwhile, Asian Games gold medallist Annu Rani disappointed in the women's javelin throw final and finished fourth out of twelve athletes. Annu's best throw was 58.30 metres, falling short of a podium finish by 64 centimetres. Annu's performance was well below her personal best and national record of 63.82m.

Su Lingdan of China won the gold medal with a personal best performance of 63.29 metres, while Momone Ueda of Japan won the silver with a throw of 59.39 metres. Japan's Sae Takemoto won the bronze with 58.94m. 

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India sent a 58-member team

India has sent a 58-member contingent to the Asian Athletics Championships this year, aiming to add to its haul of 27 medals won in the last edition. Gulveer and Sebastian put up a stellar performance on day one, which has now raised expectations as the rest of the Indian team will look to add to the medal tally in the days to come.

The championship will continue till Saturday, with India eyeing strong performances across all categories in track, field and mixed relay events.

Neeraj Chopra finished second with a best throw of 84.14m at the Janusz Kusociński Memorial competition at Silesian Stadium in Poland on Friday.

Julian Weber finished first with an 86.12m throw.

Though the double-time Olympic medalist looked disappointed and frustrated after a few foul throws to start with, his fourth year in in top two of every tournament he participated in continued.

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