India Takes Three Athletics Bronze Medals at Asian Games 2026

Indian athletics had a rewarding evening at the Asian Games 2026, with three bronze medals coming on the track and in the field. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, greeted each set of medallists.

Men's 4x400m relay

The quartet of Dharmveer Chaudhary, Manu TS, Jay Kumar and Vishal TK finished third in the men's 4x400m relay. The Prime Minister described the team's clocking as superb and said he hoped the result would help athletics grow in popularity in the years ahead. The relay is a four-leg race in which each runner covers one lap of the standard track, and baton exchanges often decide the podium.

Pooja in the women's high jump

The most historic of the three came from Pooja in the women's high jump. Her bronze is India's first medal in this event at the Asian Games in more than two decades, a gap the Prime Minister called a memorable achievement to end. High jump is a field event judged on the greatest height cleared, and Indian women had long been shut out of the Asian podium in it.

Gulveer Singh's 5000m bronze

Gulveer Singh took bronze in the men's 5000m. The Prime Minister noted that this had been a special edition of the Games for the distance runner and described the result as a remarkable hat-trick of podium finishes, praising his consistency, endurance and determination. A hat-trick here means three podium places at the same Games, which for a long-distance runner demands recovery between heats and finals as much as raw speed.

What to carry into the exam hall

Three points repay memorising: the four names in the relay squad, Pooja as the woman who ended India's long wait in the high jump, and Gulveer Singh's multiple podium finishes in distance running. Questions on the Asian Games usually ask the athlete and the event together, so pair each name with its discipline rather than learning the list on its own.