Vithya Ramraj breaks PT Usha’s 42-year-old record with Asian Games bronze
A 54.75 in the 400m hurdles final erases the mark that had stood since 1984. PT Usha was in the stadium to see it fall.
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Sawan Barwal wins marathon silver, ending a 44-year wait
A debut in Rotterdam, a national record broken twice, and India’s first Asian Games marathon medal since 1982. The distance runner’s year.
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Baranica Elangovan wins bronze, India’s first Asian Games pole vault medal
In 28 years of women’s pole vault at the Asian Games, no Indian had reached a podium. A national record holder from Tamil Nadu just changed that.
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Mirabai Chanu wins silver. India’s 28-year wait is over.
The only major medal missing from her collection, and the longest drought in Indian weightlifting. Both ended on the same platform in Aichi.
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Dhiraj Bommadevara becomes the first Indian man to win an Archery World Cup Final
A shoot-off in Saltillo, a 10 against a 9, and a 19-year wait ends. What the title means for Indian recurve archery.
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Neeraj Chopra is out. Yashvir Singh steps in.
A ligament tear ends the defending champion’s season. India’s javelin at the Asian Games now rests on a 24-year-old who won Commonwealth bronze six weeks ago.
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India send 503 athletes to Aichi-Nagoya. The number is the story.
A 768-strong contingent across 36 disciplines, three weeks after a fourth-place Commonwealth Games. What the size of a squad does and does not tell you.
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