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.
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
Athlete | Event | Medal |
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Gulveer Singh | Men's 10000m | Gold |
Team India (Santosh Kumar, Rupal, Vishal and Subha Venkatesan) | Mixed 4x400m relay | Gold |
Avinash Sable | Men’s 3000m Steeplechase | Gold |
Jyothi Yarraji | Women's 100m hurdles | Gold |
Team India (Jisna Mathew, Rupal Chaudhary, Kunja Rajitha and Subha Venkatesan) | Women’s 4x400m relay | Gold |
Gulveer Singh | Men's 5000m | Gold |
Pooja Singh | Women's high jump | Gold |
Nandini Agasara | Heptathlon | Gold |
Rupal Chaudhary | Women's 400m | Silver |
Pooja | Women's 1500m | Silver |
Praveen Chithravel | Men's triple jump | Silver |
Tejaswin Shankar | Decathlon | Silver |
Team India (Jay Kumar, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS and Vishal TK) | Men’s 4x400m relay | Silver |
Ancy Sojan | Women's long jump | Silver |
Parul Chaudhary | Women’s 3000m Steeplechase | Silver |
Parul Chaudhary | Women’s 5000m | Silver |
Sachin Yadav | Men's javelin throw | Silver |
Team India (Srabani Nanda, Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS and Nithya Gandhe) | Women's 4x100m relay | Silver |
Vithya Ramraj | Women’s 400m hurdles | Bronze |
Servin Sebastian | Men’s 20km race walk | Bronze |
Yoonus Shah | Men's 1500m | Bronze |
Shaili Singh | Women's long jump | Bronze |
Animesh Kujur | Men’s 200m | Bronze |
Pooja | Women's 800m | Bronze |
Asian Athletics Championships 2025 | Medal Tally
Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Gold | Total |
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1 | People's Republic Of China | 19 | 9 | 4 | 32 |
2 | India | 8 | 10 | 6 | 24 |
3 | Japan | 5 | 11 | 12 | 28 |
4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
5 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
6 | Republic of Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
7 | Islamic Republic Of Iran | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
8 | Kuwait | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
9 | Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |