Archive · 29 Sep 2026
Vithya Ramraj Leads India to Asian Games Relay Gold
India won the women’s 4x400m relay at the Asian Games.
Four runners shared the race for India.
Kiran Pahal ran first, followed by M. R. Poovamma, Prachi and Vithya Ramraj.
The team moved into the lead before Ramraj received the baton.
Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Nasr came close near the finish.
Ramraj ran strongly and kept India ahead.
India finished in 3:29.69.
It was Ramraj’s third medal at these Games and India’s first track-and-field gold there.
Vithya Ramraj anchored India to gold in the women’s 4x400m relay at the Asian Games in Nagoya.
India finished in 3:29.69, ahead of Bahrain and China.
Kiran Pahal, M. R. Poovamma and Prachi helped establish India’s lead before Ramraj’s final leg.
Ramraj held off Bahrain’s Salwa Eid Nasr to secure victory.
The gold was Ramraj’s third medal at the Games and India’s first track-and-field gold at the event.
- Who
- Vithya Ramraj, Kiran Pahal, M. R. Poovamma and Prachi represented India; Salwa Eid Nasr competed for Bahrain.
- What
- India won gold in the women’s 4x400m relay.
- When
- Tuesday, according to the article.
- Where
- The Asian Games in Nagoya.
- Why
- India won by finishing first in 3:29.69, with Ramraj holding off Salwa Eid Nasr on the final leg.
- Event
- Women’s 4x400m relay final
- Winner
- India
- Time
- 3:29.69
- Silver medal
- Bahrain
- Bronze medal
- China
- Ramraj’s medal tally
- Third medal at the current Asian Games
- Significance
- India’s first gold medal in track and field at the ongoing Games