India Bags 24 Medals to Claim 2nd Spot at Asian Athletics 2025
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The Indian athletes finished their campaign at the 26th Asian Athletics Championship 2025 with 24 medals—eight gold, 10 silver, and six bronze. Gulveer Singh bagged two gold medals to help India finish second, behind China in the medal tally.
The 26th edition of the Asian Athletics Championships was held at Gumi, South Korea, from 27 to 31 May 2025.
The Asian Athletics Championships, organised by Asian Athletics and hosted by South Korea, have been held every two years since the first edition in 1973 in Marikina, Philippines.
The 25th edition of the continental Asian Athletics Championship was held in Bangkok, Thailand, in 2023, in which Indian athletes won 27 medals—six gold, 12 silver, and nine bronze.
Medal Winners of India
India sent a strong 60-member athletics team to Gumi. They participated in 30 medal events.
Servin Sebastian opened the medal account at Gumi by winning a bronze medal in the men’s 20km race walk.
Gulveer Singh won the first gold medal for India in the men’s 10,000-meter race.
In the women’s section, Rupal Chaudhary opened the medal account with a silver in the 400-meter race.
The following are the Indian medal winners.
Gold Medal
- Gulveer Singh - Men’s 10,000-meter race
- Gulveer Singh- Men’s 5000-meter race
- Avinash Sable - Men’s 3000 meters Steeplechase
- Santosh Kumar, Rupal, Vishal and Subha Venkatesan- Mixed 4x400 meters relay
- Jyothi Yarraji- Women's 100 meters hurdles
- Pooja Singh- Women's high jump
- Jisna Mathew, Rupal Chaudhary, Kunja Rajitha and Subha Venkatesan- Women’s 4x400 meters relay
- Nandini Agasara- Women’s Heptathlon
Silver
- Rupal Chaudhary-Women's 400 meters
- Pooja- Women’s 1500 meters
- Ancy Sojan- Women's long jump
- Parul Chaudhary- Women’s 5000 meters
- Parul Chaudhary-Women’s 3000 meters Steeplechase
- Srabani Nanda, Abinaya Rajarajan, Sneha SS and Nithya Gandhe- Women's 4x100m relay
- Praveen Chithravel-Men's triple jump
- Tejaswin Shankar- Men’s Decathlon
- Jay Kumar, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS and Vishal TK-Men’s 4x400m relay
- Sachin Yadav-Men's javelin throw
Bronze
Vithya Ramraj- Women’s 400 meters hurdles
Shaili Singh- Women's long jump
Pooja- Women's 800 meters
Servin Sebastian- Men’s 20km race walk
Yoonus Shah- Men’s 1500 meters
Animesh Kujur- Men’s 200 meters
Top five Countries on the Medal tally
Following is the list of the top five countries on the medal tally at the 26th Asian Athletics Championship.
|
Rank |
Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Total |
|
1 |
China |
19 |
9 |
4 |
32 |
|
2 |
India |
8 |
10 |
6 |
24 |
|
3 |
Japan |
5 |
11 |
12 |
28 |
|
4 |
Kazakhstan |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
5 |
Qatar |
3 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
About Asian Athletics
Asian Athletics is the sports governing body in Asia and is affiliated with World Athletics, the world’s sports governing body.
Asian Athletics was formed as the Asian Amateur Athletic Association in 1973.
Members: 45 countries
Headquarters- Pathum Thani (Thailand)
President -Gen. Dahlan Al -Hamad (Qatar)
