Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Indian Track And Field Athletes Win Five Asian Games Medals
India won five athletics medals at the Asian Games in Nagoya.
Sarvesh Kushare won silver in the high jump.
Ancy Sojan won silver in the long jump after a very close contest with China’s Huang Yingying.
Parul Chaudhary won bronze in the steeplechase for the second Asian Games in a row.
Harita Bhadra won bronze in the 200-meter race.
Tejaswin Shankar also won bronze in the decathlon.
Shankar secured his medal by winning the decathlon’s final 1500-meter race.
Shaili Singh narrowly missed a long-jump medal.
India’s track and field athletes had a productive day.
Sarvesh Kushare won men’s high jump silver after clearing 2.25m on his second attempt.
Ancy Sojan took women’s long jump silver with a 6.53m effort, two centimetres behind China’s Huang Yingying.
Parul Chaudhary won her second consecutive Asian Games bronze in the 3000m steeplechase with a personal best of 9:08.67.
Harita Bhadra earned women’s 200m bronze in 23.20 seconds, narrowly ahead of Japan’s Ido Abigeirufuka.
Tejaswin Shankar claimed men’s decathlon bronze with 7,934 points after winning the final 1500m event.
- Who
- Indian athletes Sarvesh Kushare, Ancy Sojan, Parul Chaudhary, Harita Bhadra and Tejaswin Shankar, along with athletes from several other countries.
- What
- India won two silver and three bronze medals in Asian Games athletics, including medals in the high jump, long jump, 3000m steeplechase, 200m and decathlon.
- When
- Sunday during the Asian Games.
- Where
- Nagoya.
- Why
- The athletes competed in their respective Asian Games athletics finals and events.
- India’s athletics haul
- Five medals: two silver and three bronze.
- Sarvesh Kushare
- Men’s high jump silver; cleared 2.25m on his second attempt.
- Ancy Sojan
- Women’s long jump silver; best effort of 6.53m.
- Parul Chaudhary
- Women’s 3000m steeplechase bronze; personal best of 9:08.67.
- Harita Bhadra
- Women’s 200m bronze; finished in 23.20 seconds.
- Tejaswin Shankar
- Men’s decathlon bronze with 7,934 points.
- Close long-jump result
- Huang Yingying won gold with 6.55m, while Shaili Singh missed bronze after Mengyi Tan jumped 6.46m.
