Athletics
Asian Athletics C'ships: Gulveer Singh, Pooja Singh, Nandini Agasara win golds, Parul Chaudhary sets national record- Highlights
Catch all the highlights from the fourth day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Friday.
Nandini Agasara, Gulveer Singh, and Parul Chaudhary to compete at the Asian Athletics Championships. (File Photo)
Top Indian athletes continued their dream run at this continental showdown on the penultimate day of the Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea, on Friday.
The long-distance runners, Parul Chaudhary and Ankita in the women's steeplechase and Gulveer Singh in men's 5000m, aimed for top medals in their respective events.
Meanwhile, Nandini Agasara completed her 2-day-long heptathlon event with a gold medal. She was leading the tournament before the final day, and continued on the final day to win her maiden gold medal.
As it happened:
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- 30 May 2025 9:53 AM GMT
At the halfway stage, Gulveer and Abhishek are amongst the leading pack
The leading pack of seven players has two from Japan, two from India, and one each from China, Bahrain, and Thailand.
- 30 May 2025 9:24 AM GMT
Up Next: - Men's 800m Round 1
India's Krishan Kumar and Anu Kumar will be in action at the preliminary round of the men's 800m.
- 30 May 2025 9:22 AM GMT
Pooja also qualifies for the women's 800m final after finishing second in heat 2
Pooja, who already won a medal in women's 1500m, has now reached her second final of the competition with a personal best time of 2:02.70s.
- 30 May 2025 9:16 AM GMT
Twinkle Chaudhary qualifies for women's 800m final, finishing second in heat 1
She clocked a time of 2:04.21s to comfortably book her place in the final.
- 30 May 2025 8:45 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 800m Round 1 at 2:30 PM IST
Twinkle Chaudhary and Pooja will be competing in the event, chasing a place in the final.
- 30 May 2025 8:30 AM GMT
In the women's heptathlon, Nandini Agasara dropped to second position after the Javelin throw
China's Liu Jingyi made a massive throw of 52.08m to overtake Nandini Agasara on the leaderboard by 54 points.
With the final discipline of 800m left, the fight for the title has been closely poised between Nandini and Liu.
- 30 May 2025 8:28 AM GMT
Anu Raghvan also qualifies for the final after finishing third in heat 2
Anu joined Vithya Ramraj in the women's 400m hurdles final with a new season best time of 57.48s
