Athletics
Asian Athletics C'ships: Avinash Sable, Jyothi Yarraji, women's relay team win gold medals, Silver for Ancy Sojan - Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the third day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Thursday.
Indian athletes continued their continental success on day 3 of the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Thursday.
Top Indian athletes like Avinash Sable and Jyothi Yarraji won the gold medal, whereas Ancy Sojan, Shaili Singh, and Sarvesh Kushare were aiming for medals in women's long jump and men's high jump.
On the other hand, the men's and women's relay teams also clinched silver and gold medals, respectively.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 29 May 2025 1:11 PM GMT
Samardeep Singh Gill makes his place in the final eight
At the Halfway stage, Samardeep Singh is in fourth position with his best throw of 19.25m.
- 29 May 2025 1:07 PM GMT
Samardeep Singh bettered his mark to 19.25m on third third attempt
Samardeep is currently in the third position in the men's shot put final.
- 29 May 2025 1:02 PM GMT
Shaili Singh starts her women's long jump final with a jump of 6.30m
She is currently in second position behind Iran's Reihaneh Mobini Arani (6.36m).
Meanwhile, Ancy Sojan slips to third place on her first jump of 6.29m.
- 29 May 2025 12:57 PM GMT
Seema starts the women's discus throw final with a good throw of 55.35m
She is currently in the second position, behind the South Korean player Yelim Jeong (55.41m)
- 29 May 2025 12:55 PM GMT
Ancy Sojan starts the women's long jump final with a jump of 6.29m
Ancy is currently at the top of the standings
- 29 May 2025 12:48 PM GMT
Avinash Sable wins the gold medal with a season-best timing of 8:20.92s
Sable maintained his position in the top 2 before the final lap and then made a big acceleration in the final lap to easily clinch the title of men's steeplechase final.
- 29 May 2025 12:37 PM GMT
The men's steeplechase final is starting
India's Avinash Sable is in the action and will be aiming to win India's first men's steeplechase gold medal in 36 years.
- 29 May 2025 12:05 PM GMT
The tournament will resume at 6:05 PM IST
There is no loss of events, and all eight finals will take place today itself:
Revised Schedule:
- 6:05 PM - Men’s Shot Put Final - Samardeep Singh Gill
- 6:07 PM - Men’s 3000m Steeplechase Final - Avinash Sable
- 6:10 PM - Men’s High Jump Final - Sarvesh Kushare
- 6:15 PM - Women’s Long Jump Final - Shaili Singh, Ancy Sojan
- 6:20 PM - Women's Discus Throw Final - Seema
- 6:50 PM - Women’s 100m Hurdles Final - Jyothi Yarraji
- 7:05 PM - Heptathlon-4 (200m) - Nandini Agasara
- 7:15 PM - Women’s 4x400m Relay Final
- 7:30 PM - Men’s 4x400m Relay Final - India
