Asian U20 Athletics Championships 2024: India achieve record medal numbers, finish second behind China in overall tally

The Indian contingent achieved their best-ever medal tally at the Championships.

The Indian contingent bagged 29 medals, including 7 gold, at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships 2024 held in Dubai which concluded on Saturday. This performance surpassed the 19 medals — six gold, seven silver and six bronze — India achieved at the previous edition held in Yecheon, South Korea in 2023.

Added to the 7 gold was 11 silver and 11 bronze medals which aided in positioning India in the second place of the medal standings. China emerged as the leading nation by winning a total of 16 gold, 10 silver and 3 bronze medals. Japan also put up a commendable display capturing 7 gold, 4 silver and 8 bronze medals to finish third.

For the first time since 1996, the Indian contingent has claimed the second spot in the medal standings at the Asian U20 Athletics Championships.

The final session of the Championship concluded with Md Atta Sajid contributing a bronze medal to the Indian contingent in the long jump event with a leap of 7.52 meters.

However, there was a little dent to India’s happiness unfortunately. The women’s 4x100m relay team initially secured the bronze medal; however, they were subsequently disqualified due to a baton exchange occurring outside the designated zone during the third leg.

The women’s 4x400m relay team consisting of Anushka Dattatray, Kanista Teena Maria, Sangeetha Dodla and Sandramol Sabu raised above that situation and went on to secure the gold medal by crossing the finish line with a time of 3:41.50.

Additionally, the men’s 4x400m relay team including Abiram Pramod, Navpreet Singh, Nikhil Suhas Dhake and Aman Choudhary clocked a time of 3:09.36 and secured the silver medal.

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Full list of Indian medallists at Asian U20 Athletics Championships 2024!

Athlete	Event	Medal
Deepanshu Sharma	Men’s javelin throw	Gold
Harshit Kumar	Men’s hammer throw	Gold
Anurag Singh Kaler	Men’s shot put	Gold
Ekta Dey	Women’s 3000m steeplechase	Gold
Pavana Nagaraj	Women’s long jump	Gold
Ranvir Kumar Singh	Men’s 3000m steeplechase	Gold
Anushka Dattatray Kumbhar, Kanista Teena Maria Deva Shekhar, Sai Sangeetha Dodla, Sandramol Sabu	Women’s 4x400m relay	Gold
Laxita Sandilea	Women’s 1500m	Silver
Laxita Sandilea	Women’s 800m	Silver
Abiram Pramod, Navpreet Singh, Kanista Teena Maria Deva Shekhar, Sandramol Sabu	Mixed 4x400m relay	Silver
Vinod Singh	Men’s 5000m	Silver
Abiram Pramod, Navpreet Singh, Nikhil Suhas Dhake, Aman Choudhary	Men’s 4x400m relay	Silver
Amanat Kamboj	Women’s discus throw	Silver
Ritik	Men’s discus throw	Silver
Ekta Dey	Women’s 5000m	Silver
Gaurav Bhaskar Bhosale	Men’s 3000m	Silver
Rohan Yadav	Men’s javelin throw	Silver
Priyanshu	Men’s 1500m	Silver
Aarti	Women’s 10000m race walk	Bronze
Siddharth Choudhary	Men’s shot put	Bronze
Aman Choudhary	Men’s 400m	Bronze
Shreeya Rajesh	Women’s 400m hurdles	Bronze
Unnathi Aiyappa	Women’s 100m hurdles	Bronze
Dev Meena	Men’s pole vault	Bronze
Mohd Atta Sazid	Men’s long jump	Bronze
Rujula Bhonsle, Neole anna Cornelio, Abinaya Rajarajan, Sakshi Champalal Chavan	Women’s 4x100m relay	Bronze(DQ)
Vikas Kumar Bind	Men’s 3000m	Bronze
Sunita Devi	Women’s 5000m	Bronze
Prateek	Men’s hammer throw	Bronze

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