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:
Live Updates
- 31 May 2025 8:00 AM GMT
Up Next: - Men's Javelin throw Final at 1:40 PM IST
India has two competitors in the final: Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh. Sachin will be aiming for a podium finish alongside the qualification for the World Championships with a mark of 85.50m.
His competitors will be Paris Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan, and the two Sri Lankan Javelin throwers, Sumedha Mudiyanselage and Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage.
Here is the start list:
- 31 May 2025 7:45 AM GMT
Here is the schedule for the final day of the Championships
There will be eight finals on the day for Indian athletes, which include the much-awaited men's javelin throw event.
Schedule:
- 1:40 PM - Javelin Throw Men Final - Sachin Yadav, Yashvir Singh
- 2:00 PM - 200m Men Final - Animesh Kujur
- 2:10 PM - 200m Women Final - Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Gandhe
- 2:20 PM - 400mH Women Final - Vithya Ramraj
- 2:40 PM - 5000m Women Final - Sanjivani Baburao Jadhav, Parul Chaudhary
- 3:20 PM - 800m Women Final - Twinkle, Pooja
- 3:40 PM - 800m Men Final - Krishan Kumar, Anu Kumar
- 3:55 PM - 4x100m Relay Women Final
- 4:10 PM - 4x100m Relay Men Final
