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India Gazette
3 days ago
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- India Gazette
"Proud": PM Modi hails India contingent for "stupendous performance" at Asian Athletics Championships 2025
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian contingent for its 'stupendous' performance in the recently concluded Asian Athletics Championships 2025 in the South Korean City of Gumi. The Indian athletes finished with an overall medal tally of 24 and finished second behind China. Eight of the 24 medals were gold, 10 silver, and six bronze. China topped the table chart with 26 medals, including 15 gold, eight silver, and three bronze medals. 'India is proud of our contingent for their stupendous performance at the recently held 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea. The hard work and determination of every athlete were clearly visible throughout the tournament. Best wishes to the athletes for their future endeavours,' PM Modi wrote on X. All eyes on the final day of the continental 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). 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. 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. (ANI)
India Gazette
4 days ago
- Sport
- India Gazette
Neeraj Chopra hails Indian athletes, following their brilliant performance in Asian Athletics Championships
New Delhi [India] June 1 (ANI): Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra expressed gratitude to Indian athletes who fought hard in the 26th Asian Athletics Championships on Saturday in the South Korean City of Gumi. The Indian athletes swelled the overall medal tally to 24 and finished in second place behind China. Eight of the 24 medals were gold, 10 silver, and six bronze. China topped the table chart with 26 medals, including 15 gold, eight silver and three bronze medals. Neeraj Chopra, in a post on X, said, 'So happy to see Indian Athletics grow and strive! Onwards and upwards from here, jy hind.' All eyes on the final day of the continental 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). 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. 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. (ANI)
Time of India
5 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
Asian Athletics Championships: India bag six medals on final day, finish with 24
India concluded the 26th Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea on Saturday with a total of 24 medals, including 8 gold, 10 silver, and 6 bronze medals. The final day saw Indian athletes secure three silver and three bronze medals, along with a new national record and multiple personal bests, though gold medals remained elusive. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now secured her second silver medal of the championships in the women's 5000m with a time of 15:15.33s, adding to her earlier silver in the 3000m steeplechase. The women's 4x100m relay team, comprising Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS, Srabani Nanda, and Nithya Gandhe, earned a silver medal with a season-best time of 43.86s. Sprinter Animesh Kujur set a new national record in the men's 200m, clocking 20.32s to win bronze, marking India's first medal in this event since Dharambir Singh's bronze in 2015. In the javelin throw event, claimed silver with a personal best of 85.16m in his final attempt. Pakistan's Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem won gold with an 86.40m throw in his first competition since the 2024 Paris Games. Yashvir Singh, another Indian javelin thrower, achieved a personal best of 82.57m to finish fifth. Sachin, who hails from a farmer's family in Khekra village near Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh, improved upon his previous personal best of 84.39m. Pooja secured a bronze in the women's 800m with a personal best time of 2:01.89s. Sai Sudharsan: 'County stints reminded me that basics are most important part of batting' Asian Games bronze medalist Vithya Ramraj earned bronze in the women's 400m hurdles with a time of 56.46s. China's Mo Jiadie won gold in 55.31s, followed by Bahrain's Oluwakemi Adekoya at 55.32s. Fellow Indian Anu Raghavan finished seventh with 57.46s. Poll Which Indian athlete's performance at the Asian Athletics Championships impressed you the most today? Parul Chaudhary Animesh Kujur Sachin Yadav Pooja In the women's 200m final, Jyoti Yarraji, who had earlier won gold in the 100m hurdles, finished fifth with 23.47s, while Nithya Gandhe came seventh with 23.90s. The men's 800m event saw Indians Krishan Kumar and Anu Kumar finish seventh and eighth respectively. While India's overall medal count fell short of the 27 medals won in the previous edition, the gold medal tally improved from 6 to 8.
