28 September,2026 08:06 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Gulveer Singh (Pic: X/@TheKhelIndia)
In the Asian Games 2026, India's Murali Sreeshankar continued the country's medal-winning run in athletics by clinching a silver medal in the men's long jump event.
The 27-year-old athlete produced his best effort of 8.07m in his second attempt. In the previous edition of the continental event and this year's Commonwealth Games, he won silver medals.
However, he could not showcase his skills in the last two attempts as he hurt his knee in the fourth try. China's Yuhao Shi showcased the season's best effort of 8.17m to win the gold medal.
Uzbekistan's Anvar Anvarov claimed the bronze with an effort of 8.06m.
On the other hand, Parul Chaudhary won a bronze medal in the women's 5000m final and long-distance runner Gulveer Singh clinched a silver medal in the men's 1500m final. He finished the race in 3:36.72. Vithya Ramraj also bagged a bronze medal in the women's 400m hurdles event.
Chaudhary, the 31-year-old from Uttar Pradesh, who had won gold at Hangzhou in 2023, clocked 15:14.61 to finish third behind gold medallist Winfred Yavi of Bahrain (15:10.18) and silver medallist Nozomi Tanaka of Japan (15:11.65).
It was Chaudhary's second medal of the Games, following her bronze in the women's 3000m steeplechase.
Ramraj clocked a personal best of 54.75 seconds to break a more than four-decade-old national record created by the legendary PT Usha and win a second medal in the ongoing edition of the quadrennial event. She was a part of the silver-winning 4x400m mixed relay team.
The 28-year-old from Coimbatore finished behind UAE's Mariam Kareem, who won gold with a Games record 54.31 seconds, and Kazakhstan's Adelina Zems, who took silver with a personal best of 54.58 seconds.
Ramraj bettered Usha's 55.42sec effort that came in the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Usha is currently heading the Indian Olympic Association and is in attendance at the Games.
(With PTI Inputs)
