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Asian Games 2026: Women's 4*400m relay team wins India's first athletics gold – Highlights
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Asian Games 2026: We have reached the beginning of the end of the 2026 Asian Games campaign.
Tuesday will mark the final day of athletics action, India's most successful sport at the continental games. In action at the track and field would be the likes of Pooja Singh, Avinash Sable, and men's 4x400m relay team, hoping to win the nation's first gold medal.
At the same time, all the six Indian boxers, who have assured medals, will also be in action in their respective semi-finals.
There'll also be action across sports like sailing, surfing, kurash, cycling, and more.
Highlights:
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- 29 Sept 2026 5:23 PM IST
Athletics, Mixed 4x100m Relay: India wins a bronze medal with a new national record of 41.06s
Indian team of Gurindervir Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, and Harita Bhadra clocked a new national record time of 41.06s to win a bronze medal.
This is India's first medal in any sprint relay (4x100m) event since 1990, where the Indian women's team won a silver medal.

- 29 Sept 2026 5:08 PM IST
Athletics, Women's Hammer Throw Final: Tanya Chaudhary finishes 4th; Anushka finishes 5th
India missed out on the podium once again as the two rising hammer throwers finished just outside the podium.
The national record holder, Tanya Chaudhary, had another solid outing as she registered a 65.35m on her final attempt to finish 4th.
Meanwhile, 18-year-old Anushka Yadav finished 5th with the best of 64.56m from her third attempt.

- 29 Sept 2026 5:03 PM IST
Athletics, Men's 5000m Final: Gulveer Singh wins bronze medal with 13:32.75s
Gulveer Singh bagged another medal at these games, winning the bronze medal with a time of 13:32.75s, following the two silver medals from the 1500m and 10,000m.
He was in the leading pack for the first 4500m, but then the Japanese and Bahraini athletes brought out the afterburners, and he couldn't chase them and finished third.
Meanwhile, the reigning silver medalist Avinash Sable did not start the race.

- 29 Sept 2026 4:49 PM IST
Athletics, Women's High Jump Final: Pooja Singh clears 1.84m on her first attempt
The reigning Asian Champion has a clean card so far, starting at 1.70m and now at the 1.84m mark, all on the first attempt.
Meanwhile, the second Indian in the field, Supriya, finished in 12th place with 1.75m after missing all three attempts at 1.80m.

- 29 Sept 2026 4:40 PM IST
Athletics, Men's 800m Final: Mohammed Afsal P finishes in 8th place, clocking 1:48.27s
Afsal couldn't retain his silver medal from the last edition as he finished 8th with an below average timining for 1:48.27.
Afsal was in top 5 in the first half of the race but then he was dropped fromt he leading pack ahead of the final bend he finished last in the race.

- 29 Sept 2026 4:30 PM IST
Athletics, Men's Pole Vault: Dev Meena fails to clear 5.60m; finishes 7th with NR of 5.50m
Dev Meena couldn't find a valid jump at 5.60m but had a good outing, setting the new national record of 5.50m to finish 7th in the final.

- 29 Sept 2026 4:25 PM IST
Athletics, Women's 800m Final: Pooja finishes 7th, clocking 2:06.72s
Pooja clocks 2:06.72s in a very slow race, where the podium was decided at 2:05.34s, which is six seconds lower than the Games record.
Pooja, who had a Personal Best of 2:01.03s, was stuck in the back of the leading pack and was never able to come in front and fight for the medals.

- 29 Sept 2026 4:07 PM IST
Athletics, Men's Pole Vault: Dev Meena clears the 5.50m mark to set the new National Record
After failing, his first attempt, Meena came out strong in the second attempt and cleared the 5.50m to set a national record.
He improved his own record of 5.46m and is now in the top 8 of the final but will need to further improve it to 5.60m to come anywhere close to a medal.
Meanwhile, Kuldeep Kumar failed his three attempts at 5.50m to finish 10th in the competition with his previos best of 5.35m.

- 29 Sept 2026 4:01 PM IST
Volleyball, Men's Group Stage: India beat Qatar in a five-set thriller to reach quarters
It took 2 hours and 47 minutes, and India needed all five sets to beat the strong Qatari team in the final match of the group stage.
In a thriller, Qatar took the first two sets, but then India came back to win the next three, including a long stretch decider (24-22) and seal the match
The win gives India a perfect 3/3 in the group, and they qualified for the next stage as the toppers.
- 29 Sept 2026 3:44 PM IST
Athletics, Men's Pole Vault: Dev Meena clears the 5.35m mark on the first attempt
Dev Meena returned to the top three in the standings with a first-time clearance at 5.35m. Meanwhile, Kuldeep Kumar took three attempts to clear the height and stayed alive in the competition.
Next height is set at 5.50m, which is more than India's current national record of 5.46m held by Dev Meena.
Ten competitors are still alive in the final.

