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 8:18 AM GMT
Vityha Ramraj qualified for the final after finishing second in heat 1
She clocked a time of 56.97s, finishing behind Bahrain's Adekoya (56.11s)
- 30 May 2025 8:14 AM GMT
Nandini Agasara finished the women's javelin throw competition at 34.18m
She will finish the competition with a gain of 556 points, taking her total to 5056 points.
- 30 May 2025 8:13 AM GMT
Up Next: - Women's 400m Hurdles Round 1 at 1:45 PM IST
Vithya Ramraj and Anu Raghvan will be in action
- 30 May 2025 7:55 AM GMT
Up Next: - Heptathlon 6 (Javelin Throw) - Nandini Agasara
The Asian Games medalist Nandini Agasara is in good form at these Asian Championships as she is dominantly leading the heptathlon standings with a personal best of 4500 points after 5 events.
With two more events to go, Nandini will be the favourite to clinch the title, but she might get some fight from Chinese athlete Liu Jingyi.
After five events:
Nandini Agasara (IND) - 4500 Points
Liu Jingyi (CHN) - 4210 Points
Cai Juan Chen (TPE) - 4193 Points
- 30 May 2025 7:45 AM GMT
A shocking heartbreak for the Indian men's 4*100m Relay Team
The Indian relay team of Pranav, Ragul Kumar, Amlan Borgohain, and Manikanta Hoblidhar failed to qualify for the final despite finishing second in their heat.
Because, after a long review, the referees decided that the Indian team would be disqualified from the event because of a foul baton exchange on the first trade of batons.
In the replays, it was shown that Ragul overran and took over the baton from Pranav outside the exchange zone, which was deemed to be a foul exchange in relay races.
The Indian team was in good form this season and was also a medal contender, especially after their promising run of national-record timing of 38.69s at the Fed Cup 2025.
- 30 May 2025 7:35 AM GMT
Sachin Yadav and Yashvir Singh advance to the men's javelin throw final
Chasing a sub-par distance of 76m, Indian javelin throwers, Sachin Yadav (79.62m) and Yashvir Singh(76.67m) easily qualified for the men's javelin final on their first attempts.
Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem topped the qualification round with a massive throw of 86.34m.
- 30 May 2025 7:25 AM GMT
Jyothi Yarraji, Nithya Gandhe advance to the women's 200m final
Jyothi Yarraji continued her superb form to reach the final of the women's 200m with a time of 23.74s. Following her, Nithya Gandhe has also reached the final with a time of 23.77s.
Remi Tsuruta of Japan topped the preliminary round with her season-best time of 23.37s.
List of qualified athletes in women's 200m:
- 30 May 2025 7:15 AM GMT
India has four finals on the penultimate day of the competition
Here is the schedule for the day:
- 1:30 PM - Heptathlon 6 (Javelin Throw) - Nandini Agasara
- 1:45 PM - 400m Women Round 1 - Vithya Ramraj, Anu R
- 2:00 PM - High jump Women Final - Pooja
- 2:30 PM - 800m Women Round 1 - Twinkle Chaudhary, Pooja
- 2:50 PM - 800m Men Round 1 - Anu Kumar, Krishan Kumar
- 3:10 PM - 5000m Men Final - Gulveer Singh, Abhishek Pal
- 3:30 PM - Women's 3000m SC - Parul Chaudhary
- 3:55 PM - 200m Men Semi-Final - Animesh Kujur
- 4:10 PM - Heptathlon 7 (800m women) Final
