Yashvir, Gulveer and Sreeshankar take silver for India at Asian Games in Nagoya
Yashvir Singh, Gulveer Singh and M. Sreeshankar each won silver medals for India at the Asian Games on Monday, September 28, 2026, at the Paloma Mizuho Athletics Stadium in Nagoya. The day also saw a national record and several personal bests for Indian athletes at the track and field venue.
A new Indian record in the women's 400m hurdles and personal bests highlighted the session while medals across sprints, throws and jumps bolstered India's haul. Vithya Ramraj ran 54.75 seconds to become the sole National record holder after previously equalling P.T. Usha's 55.42 mark from 1984; Usha was present at the stadium in her capacity as IOA president. Ramraj's 54.75 earned her a bronze, replicating the podium result she achieved in Hangzhou three years ago, while Anu Raghavan posted an individual best of 55.88 to finish fifth.
The javelin produced a double podium for India in the absence of Neeraj Chopra, with Rohit Yadav and Yashvir Singh assuming the medal burden. Yashvir, a last-minute inclusion as Chopra’s replacement, threw a personal best of 85.72m to claim silver. Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage secured gold with an 88.55m effort on his final attempt in wet conditions, and Rohit took bronze with a best of 84.35m.
In the 1,500m, Gulveer Singh ran a personal best of 3:36.72 to finish second after leading for more than 1.5 laps; Japan's Kazuto Iizawa passed him in the final 20 metres to take gold. Gulveer's time was listed as a new individual mark and produced a silver for India in the middle-distance event.
M. Sreeshankar claimed silver in the long jump with a best of 8.07m, behind China's Shi Yuhao, who won with 8.17m. Heavy rain left the runway slippery and Sreeshankar slipped on his fourth attempt, landing awkwardly and twisting his ankle; he withdrew from his remaining two attempts, with his second jump standing as his best.
India missed the podium in the women's discus for the first time in 32 years, Seema Kaliramna recording a personal best of 59.88m but finishing fourth. Avinash Sable, the defending steeplechase champion, finished fourth in the 3,000m steeplechase in 8:21.67 in what was only his second race this year; the Games record from the previous edition was 8:19.50. Parul Chaudhary added a second bronze for India by finishing third in the 5,000m.
Gulveer and Sreeshankar each added a second silver to their tallies at these Games, while Parul secured her second bronze, and Vithya's national-record 54.75 and the day's personal bests contributed to India's medal count on September 28, 2026, at the Paloma Mizuho Athletics Stadium.
