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 9:20 AM GMT
Sachin Yadav makes a massive throw of 85.16m to jump up in top two positions
He is now just the fourth Indian player to cross the 85m mark
- 31 May 2025 9:07 AM GMT
Yashvir Singh jumps up to fourth place with a throw of 80.23m
Sachin Yadav is still in sixth position with a sub-par throw of 79.65m.
Current Standings:
- 31 May 2025 8:52 AM GMT
Vithya Ramraj wins the 400m hurdles bronze medal with a time of 56.46s
Vithya Ramraj clinched the bronze medal in women's 400m hurdles, while Anu Raghavan finished 7th with a season-best time of 57.46s.
- 31 May 2025 8:45 AM GMT
Jyothi Yarraji finishes in fifth place at the women's 200m final
Jyothi clocks a decent time of 23.47s in the final to finish fifth, while Nithya Gandhe clocked a time of 23.90s to finish in 7th position.
- 31 May 2025 8:36 AM GMT
Animesh Kujur wins the 200m bronze medal with a National Record of 20.32s
This is also India's first 200m men's medal after 10 years.
