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India Today
28-05-2025
- Sport
- India Today
Asian Athletics 2025: Mixed relay team wins Gold, Tejaswin bags decathlon silver
India clinched six medals on Day 2 of the Asian Athletics Championships held in Gumi, South Korea. The highlight of the day was the Indian 4x400m mixed relay team, which secured the gold medal, while Tejaswin Shankar won silver in the decathlon event on Wednesday, May 28. With this performance, India currently holds third place on the medal table at the prestigious continental championships, trailing only China and Japan with a total of two gold, four silver and two bronze 4x400m mixed relay team delivered a stellar performance, clinching the gold medal and defending their title with a time of 3:18.20 seconds. Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan, Rupal Chaudhary, Vishal Thennarasu Kayalvizhi and Subha Venkatesan sprinted to the top step of the podium, leading from start to Indian quartet outpaced China (3:20.52s) and Sri Lanka (3:21.95s), who took silver and bronze respectively. This victory marked India's second gold medal of the championships following Gulveer Singh's triumph in the men's 10,000m on Day SHANKAR AND PRAVEEN CHITRAVEL WIN SILVERS Meanwhile, India's Praveen Chithravel won silver behind China's Zhu Yaming in the men's triple jump. Praveen, who won bronze in the Asian Games in Hangzhou, came up with a best effort of 16.90m while Zhu took Gold with Gyumin Yu won bronze with a best effort of 16.82m, which was his season-best Shankar won silver in decathlon, impressing over the first two days. The 26-year-old has won bronze in the 2023 edition, but it's his second silver in decathlon at the continental level after his Asian Games silver in DELIGHT FOR RUPAL CHAUDHARYEarlier in the day, Rupal Chaudhary, a 20-year-old quarter-miler from Uttar Pradesh's Shahpur Jainpur village in Meerut, opened India's medal account with a silver in the women's 400m. She clocked 52.68 seconds, finishing behind Japan's Nanako Matsumoto (52.17s), while Uzbekistan's Jonbibi Hukmova took bronze (52.79s).Fellow Indian Vithya Ramraj placed fifth with 53.00 was Rupal's second medal of the day, reinforcing her rising star status. Notably, she had previously made history by becoming the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the World U20 Athletics Championships in 2022, with a silver in the 4x400m relay and bronze in the Thennarasu Kayalvizhi clocked a personal best of 45.57 seconds in the men's 400m, finishing fourth in a tightly contested final. Though he missed out on a medal, his performance contributed significantly to India's successful 4x400m relay run later in the BAGS SILVER IN WOMEN'S 1500MIndia's Pooja added another silver in the women's 1500m, recording a time of 4:10.83. She narrowly missed the gold, which went to China's Li Chunhui (4:10.58), while Japan's Tomaka Kimura bagged bronze (4:11.56, season's best).advertisementCompatriot Lili Das finished fourth with a commendable 4: FOR YOONUS IN MEN'S 1500MYoonus Shah brought home a bronze medal in the men's 1500m, clocking 3:43.03. The race was won by Japan's Kazuto Lizawa (3:42.56, personal best), followed by South Korea's Jaeung Lee (3:42.79).On Day 1, apart from Gulveer Singh, Servin Sebastian clinched the 20km race walk bronze. (WITH PTI Inputs)
The Hindu
28-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Asian Athletics Championships 2025, Medals Tally: India placed third with two golds after day two
India slipped from second to third on the second day of the Asian Athletics Championships medal tally in Gumi, Korea. The country's second gold medal of the competition came in the 4x400m mixed relay while Tejaswin Shankar (Decathlon), Praveen Chithravel (Men's Triple Jump), Rupal Chaudhary (Women's 400m) and Pooja (Women's 1500m) grabbed silver medals. Yoonus Shah won a bronze in men's 1500m. China leads with 13 medals (10 gold), followed by Japan, India and others. The event ends on May 31. Here's the top five breakdown after day two: Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 China 10 3 0 13 2 Japan 3 5 5 13 3 India 2 4 2 8 4 Qatar 1 0 0 1 5 Korea 0 1 2 3 Related Topics Asian Athletics Championships
The Hindu
28-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Tejaswin Shankar becomes first Indian to win two decathlon medals in Asian Athletics Championships
Tejaswin Shankar became the first Indian to medal twice in the decathlon event at the Asian Athletics Championships, in Gumi, South Korea on Wednesday. Tejaswin, who holds the National Record in the event, finished with 7618 points to clinch silver in the 2025 edition, following his bronze from the 2023 Asian Championships. Going into the 1500m race, the final event of the decathlon, Tejaswin was third in the standings. The Indian athlete registered a timing of 4:37.99s, which game him 693 points and lifted him to a silver medal. Tejaswin's silver was India's seventh medal of the Asian Athletics Championships 2025. China's Fei Xiang claimed gold with a final points tally of 7,634, while Keisuke Okuda of Japan won the bronze medal with 7,602 points. Final Standings In Decathlon 1. Fei Xiang (China) - 7,634 points 2. Tejaswin Shankar (India) - 7,618 points 3. Keisuke Okuda (Japan) - 7,602 points 4. Chen Yu Wang (Chinese Taipei) - 7,546 points 5. Chia Hsuan Cho (Chinese Taipei) - 7,275 points 6. Junyoung Park (Korea) - 7,053 points 7. Haman Abdullah Ghrairi (Iraq) - 6,994 points 8. Hokett Delos Santos (Philippines) - 6,848 points
The Hindu
27-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
Asian Athletics Championships 2025, Live Updates Day 1: Indian athletes start strong; Tejaswin Shankar in action
Live Asian Athletics Championships 2025, Live Updates Day 1: Indian athletes start strong; Tejaswin Shankar in action Follow live updates of Indians in action on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2025, being held in Gumi, Korea. Updated : May 27, 2025 08:04 IST Welcome to Sportstar's live coverage of the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2025, being held in Gumi, Korea.
New Indian Express
26-05-2025
- Sport
- New Indian Express
Indian athletes eye good show as Asian Athletics Championships begins on Tuesday
Schedule for Day 1 and Day 2 (India) Tuesday 4:30 AM - 20km Race Walk Men Final - Servin Sebastian, Amit 5:30 AM - Decathlon 1 (100m) - Tejaswin Shankar 5:45 AM - High Jump Men Qualification- Sarvesh Kushare 5:50 AM - 1500m Men Round 1- Yoonus Shah 6:10 AM - 400m Men Round 1 - Jay Kumar and Vishal TK 6:15 AM - Decathlon 2 (Long Jump) - Tejaswin Shankar 6:50 AM - 400m Women Round 1 - Rupal Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj 8:05 AM - Decathlon 3 (Shot Put) - Tejaswin Shankar 11:05 AM - Decathlon 4 (High Jump) - Tejaswin Shankar 11:10 AM - Javelin Throw Women Final - Annu Rani 12:35 PM - 400m Women Semi-Final - Rupal Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj 12:50 PM - 10,000m men Final - Gulveer Singh, Sawan Barwal 1:45 PM - Decathlon 5 (400m) - Tejaswin Shankar. Wednesday 6:30 AM - Decathlon 6 (100mH) - Tejaswin Shankar 6:35 AM - Long Jump Women Qualification - Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan 7:15 AM - Decathlon 7 (Discus Throw) - Tejaswin Shankar 7:30 AM - 100m Hurdles Women Round 1 - Jyothi Yarraji 8:05 AM - Mixed 4*400m Relay Qualification 8:45 AM - Decathlon 8 (Pole Vault) - Tejaswin Shankar 1:30 PM - Decathlon 9 (Javelin Throw) - Tejaswin Shankar 1:50 PM - Triple jump men Final - Praveen Chithravel, Abdulla Aboobacker 2:20 PM - 400m women Final 2:30 PM - 1500m men Final 2:40 PM- 1500m women Final - Lili Das, Pooja 2:50 PM - 10,000m women Final - Sanjivani Baburao Jadhav, Seema 3:45 PM - Decathlon 10 (1500m men) Final 4:10 PM - 4x400m Mixed Relay Final.
