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.

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

Indian athletes maintained their dominance in the men's and women's 3,000m steeplechase events on the second day of the 21st U20 Asian Athletics Championships in Dubai on Thursday.

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Ekta Dey won the gold medal in the women's 3,000m steeplechase with a timing of 10:31.92s, while Ranvir Singh was victorious in the men's event, winning the gold medal with a timing of 9:22.62s. India won a total of seven medals on the second day of the U20 Asian Athletics Championships.

In the morning session, race walker Aarti performed brilliantly by winning a bronze medal in the tightly contested women's 10,000m. Aarti's bronze-winning time of 47:45.33 seconds was better than the World Under-20 Athletics Championships qualification time of 49 minutes. 

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Anurag Singh won a gold in the shot-put event

Earlier, Anurag Singh Kaler had won the gold medal in the men's shot-put event. It took time for Anurag to settle down in shot put. He faced South Korean Park Sihoon for the gold. Kaler started his campaign with a throw of 18.44 and after reaching 18.69m in his second attempt, achieved the gold-winning throw of 19.23m in his third attempt.

There were no points in the fourth and fifth attempts and the sixth and final throw was 18.79m. Park Sihoon also had a best throw of 19.23m, but due to Kaler's better average in the U20 Asian Athletics Championships, he got the silver medal, depriving Korea of ​​winning the gold medal.

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Defending champion Siddharth Choudhary won the bronze medal with a throw of 19.02m in his second attempt. His other throws were below the 19m mark.

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Amanat Kamboj, who is practising at the National Center of Excellence (NCOE) in Patiala in Punjab and supported by REC Ltd, added a silver medal to the team tally. Aman Choudhary won the bronze medal in men's 400m with a timing of 47.53 seconds.

Indian athletes won a total of four medals including one gold and three silvers on the first day of the Asian U20 Athletics Championships that started in Dubai on Wednesday. 

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On the very first day of the Asian U20 Athletics Championships, Deepanshu gave India its first gold by throwing 70.29m in javelin throw. In this event, Rohan Yadav of UP stood second with 70.23m. 

Meanwhile, Priyanshu from UP also won silver in men's 1500 meter race with a timing of 3:50.85s. Qatar's Aitoulghazi won the gold in this event.

Ritik won silver in discus throw 

Discus thrower Ritik Rathee won the silver medal. He threw the first throw at 49.97m. He did not get any marks in the second attempt. Ritik claimed the medal by throwing 52.23m in the third chance. Again he did not get any points in the fourth attempt, while in the fifth chance it was 50.35m and his final and sixth attempt was 53.01m. While Djibrine Adoum Ahmat of Qatar got gold. He had thrown a throw of 54.80m. Hassan Mubarak Alahsaee of Saudi Arabia won the bronze medal with 50.41m.

Laxita and Tanvi will compete in the 800m final

Earlier, in the 800m heat event of Asian U20 Athletics Championships, female athletes Laxita Vinod Sandliea and Tanvi Malik have reached the finals. Laxita finished second with a timing of 2:09.39, while Tanvi finished fourth in her heat with a timing of 2:12.82.

Anushka, Sangeetha, and Aman joined the race for medal in 400m

In the 400m race, Anushka Dattatray Kumbhar and Sangeetha Dodla have kept their medal hopes alive by reaching the finals. Anushka stood first in the 400m heat. She took a time of 55.75s. While Sangeetha finished second in her heat with a timing of 56.21s and remains in the race for the podium.

At the same time, in the men's 400m heat, Aman Choudhary performed well and entered the medal round. He took 48s to top his heat.

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The Asian U20 Athletics Championships has started from 24th April and will continue till 27th April. A 60-member team including 31 men from India is participating in this championship. This is also the qualifying tournament for the World Under-20 Athletics Championships to be held from August 27-31 in Lima, Peru.

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 created history as they broke the previous National Record which was set at the Asian Games 2018. The relay team of Rajesh Ramesh, Aishwarya Mishra, Amoj Jacob & Subha Venkatesan brought the gold to India. At the 4X400m mixed relay, the Indian team wins the gold ahead of Japan and Sri Lanka at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 in Bangkok. They made the new National Record of 3.14.70 after breaking the old mark of 3.15.71.

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India's Murali Sresshankar won the silver medal in the men's long jump event. Murali managed an 8.37m jump, just 0.4m short of his personal best in Bhubaneswar last month. He managed the jump with his final attempt of the day but failed to Chinese Taipei's Yu Tang-Lin's 8.40m attempt. Yu Tang-Lin took the gold.

Indian athletes Anil Sarvesh Kushare and Swapna Barman win silver medals in the men's high jump and women's-only heptathlon events on the fourth day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2023. Tamilarasan Santhosh Kumar logged a new season's best timing to bag a bronze in the men's 400m hurdles race.

With the addition of the five medals - one gold, three silver, and one bronze - on Saturday, India's total medals tally at the Asian Athletics Championships 2023 currently stands at 14 medals - six gold, four silver, and four bronze.