The Asian Athletics Championships will bring together some of the best athletes of the continent in Gumi, Republic of South Korea.
Olympic and world medallists Arshad Nadeem, Woo Sanghyeok and Ernest John Obiena are among the elite athletes set to compete at the 26th edition of the competition that is scheduled for 27-31 May.
Asian Athletics Championships 2025 Gumi: Athletes to watch
Woo Sanghyeok, South Korea’s national record holder, is expected to impress the home crowd in men’s high jump. He would look to follow up his win at the 2025 What Gravity Challenge in Doha.
Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem, the Paris Olympic 2024 gold medalist in javelin throw, is another star to watch out for. However, the competition will be missing the spark as his main rival, India’s Neeraj Chopra-a Tokyo 2020 Olympic champion- has sat out from the event.
Asian record holder pole vaulter John Obiena leads a 15-member Philippines team will seek to defend his continental title. Prior to the Asian championships, the world number four secured victory at the inaugural PAFATA Pole Vault Challenge in his homeland earlier this month. Paris 2024 semi-finalist Robyn Boonson, who opened his season at the World Relays in Guangzhou, is one of the Filipino stars to watch in the men’s dash.
Republic of China’s Olympic bronze medallist Song Jiayuan is one to watch in the women’s shot put, while world champion Feng Bin headlines the women’s discus throw at the Asian Athletics Championships.
Asian Athletics Championships 2025 Gumi: List of sports
Sprints
- 100m
- 200m
- 400m
- 800m
- 1500m
- 5000m
- 10000m
- 100m
- 110m
- 400m
- 3000m Steeplechase
- Half Marathon
- Marathon
- Shot Put
- Discus
- Javelin
- Hammer
- Heptathlon
- Decathlon
- 20k Race Walk
- 4×100 relay
- 4×400 relay
- 4x400m Mixed Relay (universal)
- Cross Country
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Asian Athletics Championships 2025 Gumi: Schedule
Tuesday, 27 May
- 8:00 – 20km race walk men
- 10:00 – 20km race walk women
- 12:00 – Hammer throw women
- 14:40 – Javelin throw women
- 14:45 – Triple jump women
- 16:10 – 10,000m men
Wednesday, 28 May
- 12:20 – Hammer throw men
- 17:10 – Pole Vault women
- 17:20 – Triple jump men
- 18:05 – 400m men
- 18:15 – 400m women
- 18:25 – 1500m men
- 18:35 – 1500m women
- 18:45 -10,000m women
- 20:10 – Mixed Relay
- 20:25 – 100m women
- 20:35 100m men
Thursday, 29 May
- 11:15 – 4x400m men
- 17:05 – Shot put men
- 17:30 – Long jump women
- 17:35 – 3000m SC men
- 17:40 – High jump men
- 17:45 – Discus throw women
- 17:50 – 3000m SC women
- 18:10 – 110mH men
- 18:25 – 100mH women
- 19:15 – 4x400m relay women
- 19:30- 4x400m relay men
Friday, 30 May
- 17:10 Long jump men
- 17:20 – Shot put women
- 17:30 – High jump women
- 18:30 – Discus throw men
- 18:40 – 5000m men
Saturday, 31 May
- 17:10 – Javelin throw women
- 17:15 – Pole vault men
- 17:30 – 200m men
- 17:40 – 200m women
- 17:50 – 400mH women
- 18:00 – 400mH men
- 18:10 – 5000m women
- 18:50 – 800m women
- 19:10 – 800m men
- 19:25 – 4x100m relay women
- 19:40 – 4x100m relay men
