Athletics
Asian Athletics C'ships: Sachin Yadav wins javelin silver, Animesh Kujur sets a NR, 4*100m women relay end 25-year wait- Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the final day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2025.
Indian athletes in action on the final day of the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships.
The renowned Indian athletes continued their positive momentum to finish the continental showdown in South Korea on a high at the final day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi on Saturday.
The long-distance runner, Parul Chaudhary, who rewrote her own national record in women's steeplechase on Friday, once again clinched a silver medal in the women's 5000m final.
The biggest showdown of the day was in men's javelin, where India's Sachin Yadav was aiming for the World Championships quota. Meanwhile, the finals of the 200m and the 800m events across both genders also took place on the final day.
As it happened:
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- 31 May 2025 11:10 AM GMT
India finished the competition in second place with 24 medals
India bettered its medal tally from the last edition in terms of the number of gold medals, 8, to finish the tournament in second position behind the powerhouse China.
Final Medal Tally: India - 8 Gold, 10 Silver, 6 Bronze
Medals won on the last day
- Silver - 4*100m Women's Relay Team
- Silver - Sachin Yadav - Men's Javelin Throw
- Silver - Parul Chaudhary - 5000m
- Bronze - Pooja - 800m
- Bronze - Animesh Kujur - 200m
- Bronze - Vithya Ramraj - 400m Hurdles
- 31 May 2025 10:39 AM GMT
Indian women's relay team clocked a brilliant time of 43.86s to win the silver medal
The Indian team of Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS, Srabani Nanda, and Nithya Gandhe clocked a time of 43.86s, finishing behind China's 43.28s.
This was India's first silver medal in 4*100m women's event after 25 years.
- 31 May 2025 10:26 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 4*100m Relay final
The is the final competion of the tournament for Indian athletes:
- 31 May 2025 10:25 AM GMT
A poor finish for Indian runners in the men's 800m final
Krishan Kumar (1:48.72s) and Anu Kumar (1:58.04s) finished in 7th and 8th positions, respectively.
- 31 May 2025 9:59 AM GMT
Up Next: - Men's 800m Final - Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar in action
Here is the startlist:
- 31 May 2025 9:55 AM GMT
Pooja wins the women's 800m bronze medal with a time of 2:01.89s
Medal Standings: -
Gold - Wu Hongjiao (CHN) - 2:00.08s
Silver - Rin Kubo (JPN) - 2:00.42s
Bronze - Pooja - 2:01.89s - PB
Fourth - Twinkle Chaudhary - 2:03.33s
- 31 May 2025 9:28 AM GMT
Sachin Yadav clinched the men's javelin throw silver medal with the best throw of 85.16m
Final Medal Standings
Gold - Arshad Nadeem - 86.40m
Silver - Sachin Yadav - 85.16m
Bronze - Yuta Sakiyama - 83.75m
