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Asian Games Day 10 LIVE Score Updates: India's medal tally is now 52 - six gold, 21 silver and 25 bronze medals

India In Action At Athletics Highlights, Asian Games 2026: India's medal tally has soared to 52 after a five-medal haul in athletics, including a gold in the women's 4x400m relay, at the Asian Games 2026.

Vithya Ramraj made history at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday as she shattered PT Usha's national record and clinched bronze in the women's 400m hurdles final.

Indian athlete Parul Chaudhary clinched her second bronze medal in three days at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, finishing third in the women's 5000m on Monday with a time of 15:14.61.

Former India high jumper Sarvesh Kushare opened up about his silver-medal-winning performance at the 2026 Asian Games, expressing satisfaction with the achievement despite admitting that he had been targeting gold.

Vithya Ramraj and Parul Chaudhary have been among India's most successful performers at the ongoing Asian Games 2026.

India In Athletics At Asian Games 2026 Updates: India won six athletics medals on Day 9 at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. Yash Vir Singh and Rohit Yadav's silver-bronze in men's javelin and Vithya Ramraj's national record-breaking bronze in women's 400m hurdles were the big highlights.

Tears welled up in the eyes of K S Bijimol as she watched her son, long jumper Murali Sreeshankar, struggle with an injury and fail to complete all his attempts in the Asian Games competition in Japan.

India secured a silver-bronze double in the men's javelin throw at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, with Yash Vir Singh and Rohit Yadav finishing second and third, respectively, at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium.

Neeru Dhanda is breaking new ground in Indian women's shotgun shooting. The world No. 13 took the sole lead in the women's trap qualification at the Asian Games on Monday.

The legendary P T Usha on Monday congratulated Vithya Ramraj on breaking her 42-year-old national record in the women's 400m hurdles, saying the greatest legacy of a record is not how long it stands but how it inspires the next generation to go beyond it.

Indian athlete Vithya Ramraj clinched the bronze medal in the women's 400m hurdles at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, clocking a personal best of 54.75 seconds

National record holder decathlete Tejaswin Shankar is an interesting character and he lived up to his reputation yet again after winning the bronze medal in the ongoing Asian Games.

India's Ancy Sojan led for a major part of the competition before settling for the silver medal in the women's long jump competition at the Asian Games on Sunday.

India's Sarvesh Kushare and Ancy Sojan led for most of their respective men's high jump and women's long jump finals before settling for the silver medals while Parul Chaudhary took home women's 3000m steeplechase bronze at the Asian Games on Sunday.

Star Indian track and field athlete Tejaswin Shankar claimed the bronze medal in men's decathlon after he won the 1500m race -- the last event of a highly taxing competition -- at the Asian Games on Sunday.

India In Athletics Highlights, Asian Games 2026: Sarvesh Kushare claimed a silver in men's high jump while Ancy Sojan finished second in women's long jump.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Droupadi Murmu on Saturday hailed Indian athletes for winning medals in their respective disciplines in the ongoing Asian Games 2026.