Asian Athletics Championships: Sachin Yadav shines with silver, Kujur and Ramraj add bronze

Rising Indian javelin thrower Sachin Yadav delivered a stellar efficiency to clinch the silver medal, whereas sprinter Animesh Kujur and hurdler Vithya Ramraj added a bronze every to the nation’s tally on the twenty sixth Asian Athletics Championships in Gumi on Saturday (May 31, 2025).

The 25-year outdated Yadav produced a private finest efficiency as he despatched his spear to 85.16m to complete behind reigning Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem, who fetched the gold with a finest effort of 86.40.

Hailing from a farmer’s household at Khekra village close to Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh, Yadav had a earlier private better of 84.39m.

Yashvir Singh additionally impressed, attaining a private better of 82.57m to complete fifth.

Earlier, Kujur opened India’s account on the ultimate day of competitions with a bronze medal within the males’s 200m remaining.

Kujur produced a standout efficiency, setting a brand new nationwide file of 20.32 seconds.

The 21-year-old bettered his earlier mark of 20.40s, set earlier this yr on the National Federation Senior Athletics Competition.

Japan’s Towa Uzawa gained gold with a time of 20.12s, whereas Saudi Arabia’s Abdulaziz Abdu I Atafi took silver in 20.31s.

Asian Games medallist Vithya sailed easily over the 400m hurdles to complete on the rostrum.

The 26-year-old Tamil Nadu athlete clocked 56.46s to complete on the rostrum.

China’s Mo Jiadie clinched gold in 55.31s, edging out Bahrain’s Oluwakemi Adekoya, who completed second in 55.32s. Anu Raghavan, the opposite Indian within the race, was positioned seventh with 57.46s.

In the ladies’s 200m remaining, Jyoti Yarraji completed fifth with a time of 23.47s, whereas Nithya Gandhe got here seventh in 23.90s. Yarraji had gained gold within the ladies’s 100m hurdles earlier within the week.