Gulveer Singh won two gold at the Asian Athletics Championship. (Photo- noushed thekkayil/nurphoto via getty images)
India has performed well this time in the 26th Asian Athletics Championship played in Gumi, South Korea. Indian athletes have won a total of 24 medals in this championship, which is its best performance after 2017. Indian players won 8 gold, 10 silver and 6 bronze medals in this championship. With this help, India stood second in the points table after China. China topped the 19 gold medal. In this competition, the players made many records. This has increased India’s hopes of winning maximum medals in the Olympics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated all the players on this achievement of India.
What did the Prime Minister say?
The Prime Minister tweeted and congratulated all the players. He wrote on social media X, “India is proud of the players’ brilliant performance in the recent Asian Athletics Championship held in South Korea. The hard work of every athlete was clearly seen in the entire championship. The athletes wishes their future.”
India is proud of our content for their stupendous performance at the recent hand 2025 Asian Athletics Championships in South Korea. The hardwork and determination of every athlete was cleared visible through the tournament. Best wishes to the athletes for their future pic.twitter.com/vb8vxify7l
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 2, 2025
How was India’s performance?
Indian athletes performed brilliantly in both track and field competitions at the Asian Athletics Championships ended on June 1 in Gumi, in which Gulveer Singh was at the forefront. He won two gold in the men’s 5,000 meters and 10,000 meters races. Apart from this, he also set a new record in 5,000 meters of running. While Avinash Sabale won the gold medal in the 3000 meter steeplechase. While Jyoti Yaraji captured Gold in the 100 meter hurdles.
Rupal Chaudhary created history
Mix in the relay and India won the gold medal in the 4 × 400 meters of women. During this, Rupal Chaudhary surprised everyone by winning three medals. She won gold in women’s relay, silver in women’s 400 meters and bronze medal in mix relay.
Field event dominated Indian athletes
India’s performance at the field event was quite excellent. Pooja Singh won the gold medal in the women’s high jump. Apart from this, Nandini Agasara won in Heptathlon. Animesh Kujur won the bronze medal by setting a new national record in the men’s 200 meter sprint, while Parul Chaudhary won the silver medal in the women’s 3,000 meter steeplechase, breaking the national record. Apart from this, Sachin Yadav (Javelin Throw), Praveen Chitrawell (Triple Jump) and Tejaswin Shankar (Decathalon) raised the value of India by winning the silver meal.
Left Japan behind
In this championship, China maintained its dominance with 19 gold medals out of a total of 32 medals, but overtook Japan with 8 gold of India. Japan has a total of 28 medals, but he won only 5 gold.