India claim three athletics medals on Day 2 at Asian Games in Nagoya
India won three athletics medals on Friday, September 25, 2026, at the Asian Games in Nagoya as Gulveer Singh took silver in the men’s 10,000m and Manpreet Kaur and Baranica Elangovan earned bronzes in the women’s shot put and pole vault.
India’s Day 2 programme also produced several final qualifications and the conclusion of the women’s heptathlon, with Vishal Thennarasu advancing to the men’s 400m final, Kiran Pahal and Prachi Choudhary progressing to the women’s 400m final, and Pooja and Anamika Kozhinjaparambil completing the heptathlon in sixth and eighth respectively.
Gulveer Singh finished the men’s 10,000m in 28:29.38, 1.87 seconds behind Bahrain’s Balew B who won in 28:27.51, while Kiptoo A took bronze in 28:34.38. The report notes Gulveer had previously taken silver in the 10,000m at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in 27:49.78 — becoming the first Indian man to medal in that event at the Commonwealth Games — and had won bronze in the 10,000m at the 2023 Asian Games.
Manpreet Kaur claimed bronze in the women’s shot put with a best mark of 17.17m; China’s Song J topped the podium with 19.40m and Zhang L was second with 18.14m. The article records Manpreet’s recent placings as fourth at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with 17.49m and fifth at the 2023 Asian Games with 16.25m, and states this bronze in Nagoya returns her to the Asian Games podium.
Baranica Elangovan cleared 4.15m to share the women’s pole vault bronze with Kazakhstan’s Polina Ivanova, with Japan’s Morota M taking gold at 4.55m and China’s Niu C silver at 4.50m. The piece identifies this as India’s first Asian Games medal in the women’s pole vault and records Elangovan’s national record of 4.23m earlier this year and the subsequent 4.25m mark set by Sindhushree Ganesha in June.
Vishal Thennarasu progressed to the men’s 400m final and is noted as having set a national record of 44.98 seconds earlier this year; he was also part of India’s silver-medal mixed 4x400m relay team on the opening day and is due to contest the men’s 400m final on Saturday. India’s men’s 100m campaign ended in the semi-finals as Gurindervir Singh finished fifth in 10.32 and Animesh Kujur seventh in 10.38, while Pooja scored 5,368 points for sixth and Anamika 5,234 for eighth in the heptathlon.
Field and track placements on Day 2 included Damneet Singh ninth with 67.56m and Praveen Kumar 11th with 65.24m in their event, and India left Day 2 with five athletics medals overall — two silver and three bronze — adding Gulveer’s silver and the bronzes from Manpreet and Baranica to Seema’s women’s 10,000m bronze and the mixed 4x400m relay silver from the opening day. Several Indian athletes are scheduled for upcoming events: Sawan Barwal and Kartik Karkera in the men’s marathon; Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad in the decathlon; Animesh Kujur in the men’s 200m; Harita Bhadra and Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland in the women’s 200m; Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan Edappilly in the women’s long jump; Jyothi Yarraji and Nandhini Kongan in the 100m hurdles; Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Karanveer Singh in the men’s shot put final; Praveen Chithravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan in the men’s triple jump final; Gulveer Singh and Yoonus Shah in the men’s 1500m heats; and the women’s 1500m final featuring Pooja and Parul Chaudhary.
India’s next confirmed sessions include the men’s 400m final with Vishal Thennarasu and the women’s 400m final featuring Kiran Pahal and Prachi Choudhary on Saturday, alongside the other scheduled track and field events listed for Indian athletes.