Archive · 29 Sep 2026
India Women Win 4x400m Relay Gold at Asian Games
India’s women won the 4x400m relay at the 2026 Asian Games.
The team was Kiran Pahal, M R Poovamma, Prachi Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj.
They finished the race in 3 minutes and 29.69 seconds.
Bahrain came second and China came third.
This was India’s first athletics gold medal at these Games.
Vithya ran the final part and held off Bahrain’s challenge near the finish.
She won her third medal of the Games.
India had won silver in this relay at the previous Asian Games, so this victory put the team back on top.
Kiran Pahal, M R Poovamma, Prachi Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj won the women’s 4x400m relay in 3:29.69.
Bahrain finished second in 3:30.21, while China took bronze in 3:31.02.
The victory gave India its first athletics gold medal of the 2026 Asian Games.
Vithya Ramraj secured her third Games medal after a mixed-relay silver and 400m hurdles bronze.
India returned to the top after winning silver at the previous Asian Games and extended its long medal streak in the event.
- Who
- India’s women’s relay team of Kiran Pahal, M R Poovamma, Prachi Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj.
- What
- India won the women’s 4x400m relay gold medal in 3:29.69.
- When
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026.
- Where
- Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium in Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- The victory gave India its first athletics gold of the Games and followed a silver at the previous Asian Games.
Reports describing India’s sixth gold
Report describing India’s seventh gold
India’s overall gold-medal count
Reports describing India’s sixth gold
Several reports state that the relay victory was India’s sixth gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games and its second gold of the day.
Report describing India’s seventh gold
One report states that the victory was India’s seventh gold medal, creating a discrepancy among the sources.
- Winning time
- 3 minutes 29.69 seconds
- Silver medal
- Bahrain, 3:30.21
- Bronze medal
- China, 3:31.02
- Indian team
- Kiran Pahal, M R Poovamma, Prachi Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj
- Vithya Ramraj’s other medals
- Mixed 4x400m relay silver and women’s 400m hurdles bronze
- Previous result
- India won silver in the women’s 4x400m relay at the previous Asian Games
- Overall Games gold count
- Most reports describe this as India’s sixth gold medal; one report describes it as the seventh
Sources
Asian Games: India Bags First Athletics Gold, Wins Women 4x400m Relay
India win women’s 4x400m relay gold at Asian Games 2026, sixth gold overall
Gold Medal Alert! India Secure Historic Podium In Women's 4x400m Relay At Asian Games 2026
India Win GOLD In Women's 4 x 400m Relay At The 2026 Asian Games
Women's 4x400m relay team fetches India first athletics gold of 2026 Asian Games
FPJ Exclusive | 'I Am So Happy': Kiran Pahal Gives FIRST REACTION After Winning Gold Medal In Women's 4x400m Relay At Asian Games 2026
India women strike 4x400m relay gold, deliver country’s first athletics title at Asian Games 2026
