India claimed its first athletics gold medal of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Tuesday as Vithya Ramraj, Kiran, Prachi and Poovamma combined to win the women's 4x400m relay title, capping a medal-rich day for the country's track and field squad.
A golden day on the track
The women's relay gold added the first athletics title to India's tally at these Games and lifted India to 11th place in the overall medal standings, with the country's overall count rising to 51 medals. India also secured bronze in the men's 4x400m relay, with Vishal TK, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu T and Jay Kumar comprising the Indian team.
There was more bronze for India in the mixed 4x100m relay, where the Indian team clocked a season-best 41.06 seconds in the event's debut at the Asian Games. In the women's high jump final, 19-year-old Pooja Singh secured bronze after leading the field from the start, falling short at 1.87m.
Gulveer Singh completes a medal hat-trick
Gulveer Singh opened India's athletics medal account for the day by winning bronze in the men's 5000m final, clocking 13:32.75. Bahrain's Birhanu Balew took gold in 13:30.79, while Japan's Tomonori Yamaguchi won silver in 13:31.43. The bronze marked Gulveer's third medal of the Games, following his silver-medal finishes in the men's 10,000m and 1,500m events.
Sources:
- Asian Games Live Updates Day 10: India win first athletics gold in women's 4x400m relay title
- Asian Games 2026 Bulletin, September 29: Sreeshankar wins Silver, Double Medal in Javelin, India through to Cricket Semis
A golden day on the track
The women's relay gold added the first athletics title to India's tally at these Games and lifted India to 11th place in the overall medal standings, with the country's overall count rising to 51 medals. India also secured bronze in the men's 4x400m relay, with Vishal TK, Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu T and Jay Kumar comprising the Indian team.
There was more bronze for India in the mixed 4x100m relay, where the Indian team clocked a season-best 41.06 seconds in the event's debut at the Asian Games. In the women's high jump final, 19-year-old Pooja Singh secured bronze after leading the field from the start, falling short at 1.87m.
Gulveer Singh completes a medal hat-trick
Gulveer Singh opened India's athletics medal account for the day by winning bronze in the men's 5000m final, clocking 13:32.75. Bahrain's Birhanu Balew took gold in 13:30.79, while Japan's Tomonori Yamaguchi won silver in 13:31.43. The bronze marked Gulveer's third medal of the Games, following his silver-medal finishes in the men's 10,000m and 1,500m events.
Sources:
- Asian Games Live Updates Day 10: India win first athletics gold in women's 4x400m relay title
- Asian Games 2026 Bulletin, September 29: Sreeshankar wins Silver, Double Medal in Javelin, India through to Cricket Semis
