Full list of Indian medallists, medal tally at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024

India have won four medals at Tehran

India made a brilliant start to their campaign at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024 in Tehran.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor, Jyothi Yarraji and Harmilan Bains have been the star performers for India, as they all set new national records in their respective events.

Toor, the two-time Asian Games gold medallist and the Asian record holder in men’s shot put, threw the iron ball to a distance of 19.72 metres in his second attempt, breaking his own previous best of 19.69 metres.

He comfortably beat Kazakhstan’s Ivanov Ivan (19.08m) and Iran’s Mehdi Saberi (18.74m), who settled for the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Yarraji, the 2022 Asian Games silver medallist and the reigning Asian Outdoor champion in the 100m hurdles, clocked 8.12 seconds in the women’s 60m hurdles final, edging past Japan’s Asuka Tereda (8.21s) and Hong Kong’s Lui Lai Yiu (8.26s).

She improved her own national record of 8.13 seconds, which she had set at the same event last year.

Bains, another Asian Games silver medallist, dominated the women’s 1500m race, finishing with a timing of 4:29.55 seconds, more than five seconds ahead of her nearest rival, Kyrgyzstan’s Kalil Kyzy Ainuska (4:35.29).

Kazakhstan’s Bolatbekkyzy Aiana (4:37.20) took the bronze medal.

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India have a rich history at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships, having topped the medal table once in 2008 in Doha.

In the last edition in Astana, India had a 25-member squad that bagged eight medals – one gold, six silvers and one bronze. Toor was the sole gold winner.

India have a total of 64 medals – 13 gold, 30 silver and 21 bronze – at the continental event so far. The People’s Republic of China are the dominant force with 129 medals.

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024: Winners

Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024: Medal tally

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