India continues its strong show at the ongoing Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi, South Korea. With 14 medals, the country sits on the second spot in the medal tally behind China. With five golds, six silver and three bronze medals, Indian athletes have been breezing through in the continental meet.
Olympians Avinash Sable and Jyothi Yarraji led the charge for India on Thursday, each claiming gold in their respective events. Sable took victory in the men’s 3000m steeplechase, while Yarraji crossed in the women’s 100m hurdles.
In another standout performance, the Indian women’s 4x400m relay team successfully defended their crown, securing yet another gold for the country.
Sable, who secured the silver medal in the Asian Athletics Championships 2019, upgraded to gold six years later with a season’s best timing of 8:20.92, beating Japan’s Yutaro Niinae (8:24.41) and Qatar’s Zakaria Elahlaami (8:27.12).
With the win, the current Asian Games champion, became the first Indian to secure a 3000 m men’s steeplechase gold at the Asian Athletics Championships after 36 years, after Arjuna Award recipient Deena Ram back in 1989.
Jyothi backed the second gold of the day, successfully defending her women’s 100m hurdles title by clocking a new championship record time of 12.96 seconds. Japan’s Yumi Tanaka and China’s Wu Yanni with the times of 13.07 (.061) and 13.07(.068) completed the podium.
The Indian quartet of Jisna Mathew, Rupal Chaudhary, Kunja Rajitha and Subha Venkatesan clinched the women’s 4x400m relay gold with season-best timings of 3:34.18.
This was India’s first gold medal in the category since 2013.
Rupal and Subha also helped India defend their mixed 4x400m relay team title on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, China retains its top position in the medal tally with a total of 21 medals, including 12 golds, six silver and three bronze medals.
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Asian Athletics Championships 2025 Gumi: Updated Medal Tally
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China | 12 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
| 2 | India | 5 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 9 | 8 | 21 |
| 4 | Qatar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | South Korea* | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Singapore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Bahrain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
