Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Gulveer Singh Wins 1500m Silver as India Adds Medals
India won several athletics medals at the Asian Games in Nagoya.
Gulveer Singh earned silver in the men’s 1500m with his fastest time ever.
Japan’s Kazuto Iizawa won that race, and India’s Nagiya Mori won bronze.
Gulveer had also won silver in the 10,000m.
Vithya Ramraj won bronze in the women’s 400m hurdles.
She also set a personal best and broke P T Usha’s old national record.
Avinash Sable finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase after winning gold previously.
Other Indian athletes also competed, including Yoonus Shah, Anu Raghavan, Santosh Kumar Tamilarasan, and Seema Kaliramna.
Gulveer Singh won the men’s 1500m silver in 3:36.72, a personal best.
Japan’s Kazuto Iizawa won gold, while India’s Nagiya Mori took bronze.
Vithya Ramraj won women’s 400m hurdles bronze in a personal-best 54.75 seconds.
Ramraj broke P T Usha’s more-than-four-decade-old national record of 55.42 seconds.
Avinash Sable finished fourth in the 3000m steeplechase as Japan’s Ryuji Miura won gold.
- Who
- Indian athletes including Gulveer Singh, Vithya Ramraj, Avinash Sable, Yoonus Shah, Anu Raghavan, Santosh Kumar Tamilarasan, and Seema Kaliramna.
- What
- Gulveer Singh won silver in the men’s 1500m, while Vithya Ramraj won bronze in the women’s 400m hurdles; other Indian athletes recorded mixed results.
- When
- Monday, during the ongoing 2026 Asian Games.
- Where
- Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- The athletes were competing in their respective athletics finals at the Asian Games.
- 1500m silver
- Gulveer Singh ran 3:36.72, a personal best.
- 1500m winner
- Japan’s Kazuto Iizawa won gold.
- Gulveer’s other medal
- He had already won silver in the 10,000m.
- 400m hurdles bronze
- Vithya Ramraj finished in 54.75 seconds.
- National record
- Ramraj surpassed P T Usha’s 55.42-second mark from the 1984 Olympics.
- Steeplechase result
- Avinash Sable finished fourth in 8:21.67.
- Steeplechase winner
- Japan’s Ryuji Miura won gold in a Games-record 8:17.36.