Gumi
The fourth day of the Asian Athletics Championship 2025 in Gumi, South Korea was a notable day for Indian ladies athletes, who gained 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal. Total, Indian athletes achieved podium end in 4 occasions and wrote 4 unbelievable tales from their efficiency. However, on this, probably the most inspiring story has been Pooja, who has gained the gold medal, dealing with loads of struggles.
Pooja created historical past by successful gold in excessive soar
18 -year -old Pooja jumped 1.89 meters within the excessive soar of girls and gained the gold medal for the nation, the primary gold medal for the reason that Bobby Alicius victory in 2000. The younger participant broke his personal under-20 nationwide document, however missed the breaking of the 1.92 meter senior nationwide document made by Sahana Kumari in 2012.
Begin by making Parali a touchdown space
The story of worship, born in Basti village in Fatehabad district of Haryana in 2007, is kind of inspiring. Early coaching services of mason Hansraj’s daughter Pooja have been quite simple. Pooja realized to leap utilizing a touchdown space made from bamboo sticks and straw -filled sacks. From right here to the document ebook, Pooja made her title from a spot the place desires are strange and excessive soar by no means comes within the record. Nonetheless, Pooja fulfilled her dream together with her willpower.
Fraled footwear earlier than the occasion begins
The battle is an integral a part of a participant’s journey and it didn’t finish on the primary day of the competitors for worship. Their spikes have been torn through the follow, however they didn’t cease. They wrapped them with straps and created historical past by connecting them collectively and have become the youngest Asian champion.
India gained 4 medals on the fourth day
On the fourth day of the Asian Athletics Championship, on Friday, India’s lengthy distance runner Ghulaveer Singh (5000 meters), Pooja (excessive soar) and Nandini Agasara (Heptathlon) gained gold medals at their respective occasions. Additionally, Parul Chaudhary broke the nationwide document of 3000 meter steeplechase.
Gulveer joined the alit group of Indian gamers who gained gold within the males’s 5000 meter occasion within the continental competitors with this efficiency. Earlier, Gopal Saini (1981), Bahadur Prasad (1993) and G. Laxmanan (2017) have gained gold medals on this occasion. A 26 -year -old Atrauli in Uttar Pradesh additionally gained a bronze medal within the 2023 season. Nonetheless, within the ladies’s 3000 meter steeplechase, India was considerably upset, the place the defending champion Parul Chaudhary needed to be glad with the silver.
Parun took a time of 9 minutes 12.46 seconds and lagged behind Nora Jeruto Tanui (9 minutes 10.46 seconds) of Kazakhstan. Bronze additionally went to Kazakhstan’s Daisy Jepkami (9 minutes 27.51 seconds). Now the variety of medals of India within the competitors has turn out to be 17 (seven gold, seven silver and three bronze).
Earlier, India’s 4 occasions the 100m males relay group was disqualified because of the flawed ‘baton alternate’ through the preliminary spherical however Sachin Yadav and Yashveer Singh made it to the finals throw throw of the Asian Athletics Championship with the present Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan.
The quartet of Pranav Pramod Gaurav, Ragul Kumar Ganesh, Manikant Hobalidhar and Amalan Borgohen was excluded from the competitors after violating the technical rule 24.7 of World Athletics 24.7, after being discovered responsible of ‘Baton Trade’ (giving different participant to be convicted) exterior the ‘Techover’ space. The Malaysia group was additionally disqualified for related violations.
Nonetheless, the excellent news for the Indian social gathering was that Sachin and Yashveer reached the ultimate of the 12 males’s javelin throw occasion. Sachin completed fifth by overlaying a distance of 79.62 meters, whereas Yashveer certified for Saturday ultimate by overlaying a distance of 76.67 meters.
Nadeem topped it. The participant, who was taking part within the first competitors after successful the gold from 92.97 meters within the Paris Olympics final yr, achieved 86.34 meters within the qualifying spherical.
In different occasions related to Indian gamers, golden winners Jyoti Yaarai and Nitya Gandhe entered their warmth with a time of 23.74 seconds and 23.77 seconds respectively in ladies’s 100m hurdles race.
Animesh Kujur entered the semi -finals with a time of 20.98 seconds in his preliminary race within the males’s 200 meter occasion.
On the finish of the 5 occasions in Nandini Agasara Heptathlon, the variety of her factors reached 4500 within the race for gold medal. She topped a distance of 6.13 meters in an extended soar held this morning.
She is main from China’s Liu Jingi with 4210 factors. This night, solely spear throwing and 800 meter occasions are but to be accomplished.