Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2024
Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026: Tejaswin Shankar’s gold leads India's five-medal haul in China
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Praveen Chithravel missed podium after finishing fourth in Men’s Triple Jump.
India wrapped up their campaign at the Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026 finishing with five medals and securing sixth place in the final medal standings.
The contingent of 17 athletes will return with one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals, featuring medal performances and heartbreaking near misses across three days of the competition.
Tejaswin Shankar led the way for India with a brilliant showing in the men’s heptathlon. He won the country’s only gold medal by scoring 5,993 points and breaking his own national indoor record.
Another proud moment for India came from 18-year-old Pooja Singh in the women’s high jump. She cleared 1.87m to win silver and broke a national indoor record that had stood for 22 years. The record was previously held by Bobby Aloysius with 1.84m of jump.
Team India got off to a positive start on the opening day when J Aadarsh Ram won bronze in the men’s high jump with a jump of 2.19m.
On the same day, Tejaswin Shankar also made a strong start to his heptathlon campaign by leading after four events. He began with a 60m run of 7.11 seconds, followed by a long jump of 7.53m, where he finished first.
He carried on his momentum with a 13.63m throw in the shot put and a season-best 2.23m in the high jump, ending Day 1 on top of the standings with 3,513 points.
On the final day, Shankar maintained his red-hot form with 8.02 timing in the 60m hurdles and then delivered the best in the pole vault, clearing 4.20m. He closed his campaign with a run in the 1000m, clocking 2:43.91.
All these wonderful performances helped him finish with 5,993 points, a massive jump from his earlier best of 5,650, and earned him both the gold medal and a new Indian indoor record.
The third medal was brought by Pooja Singh as she added silver in the high jump. She cleared a 1.87m on her very first attempt, which also served as her season best.
In an attempt to clear 1.90m for the gold which would have taken her close to the senior national outdoor record, the Indian young sensation narrowly missed it. Pooja had to share the silver medal with Kazakhstan’s Nadezhda Dubovitskaya, who also cleared 1.87m.
This was only the third event for Pooja after returning from a serious Grade-2 ligament tear that had sidelined her following her gold medal win at the Asian Athletics Championships 2025.
Tajinderpal Singh Toor won silver in men’s shot put with a strong throw of 20.05m, continuing his good form at the continental level. The two-time defending champion came close to retaining his title but finished just 0.2cm behind China’s Chen Chengyu who won gold with 20.07m.
Even then, Toor had reason to smile, as the effort broke his own Indian indoor record of 19.72m set in 2024. With this result, he also completed his third straight podium finish at the event.
Ancy Sojan completed India’s medal tally by winning bronze in the women’s long jump with a jump of 6.21m. Her medal-winning jump came on her fifth attempt.
Other athletes also gave their best. Nithya Gandhe reached the women’s 60m final while Moumita Mondal reached the final in both long jump and hurdles. While medals were hard to come by for them, the athletes managed a seventh and sixth finish respectively.
India had high hopes from Praveen Chithravel, however, the 2023 silver medallist suffered a heartbreak finishing fourth in the Men’s Triple Jump with a best effort of 16.22m. K A Anamika also finished fourth in the Women’s Pentathlon with 4723 points.
India’s results at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026
Heptathlon
- Tejaswin Shankar – 5,993 pts, Gold (NR)
Men’s Shot Put
- Tajinderpal Singh Toor – 20.05m, Silver
- Samardeep Singh Gill – 18.27m*, Finalist
Men’s High Jump
- J Aadarsh Ram – 2.19m, Bronze
Men’s Long Jump
- C V Anurag – 7.40m*, Finalist
- Shahnawaz Khan – 7.35m*, Finalist
Men’s Triple Jump
- Praveen Chithravel – 16.22m, 4th Place
Men’s 60m
- Manikanta Hoblidhar – —, Disqualified (False Start)
Men’s 60m Hurdles
- Tejas Shirse – 7.82s*, Semi-Finals
Women’s High Jump
- Pooja Singh – 1.87m, Silver (NR)
Women’s Long Jump
- Ancy Sojan – 6.21m, Bronze
- Moumita Mondal – 6.01m, 6th Place
Women’s Pentathlon
- K A Anamika – 4,723 pts, 4th Place
Women’s Shot Put
- Yogita – 15.33m, 4th Place
Women’s 60m
- Nithya Gandhe – 7.49s, 7th Place (Final)
- Abhinaya Rajarajan – 7.61s*, Heats
Women’s 60m Hurdles
- Pragyan Prasanti Sahu – 8.44s*, Heats
How many medals did India win at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026?
India won a total of five medals – one gold, two silver, and two bronze – and finished sixth in the medal table.
Who won India’s only gold medal at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026?
Tejaswin Shankar won gold in the men’s heptathlon with a total of 5,993 points, setting a new Indian indoor record.
Which Indian athletes set new national indoor records?
Tejaswin Shankar in the men’s heptathlon and Pooja Singh in the women’s high jump (1.87m) both broke national indoor records.
Who were India’s medallists at Asian Indoor Athletics Championships 2026?
Gold: Tejaswin Shankar (Heptathlon), Silver: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Men’s Shot Put), Pooja Singh (Women’s High Jump), Bronze: Ancy Sojan (Women’s Long Jump), J Adarsh Ram (Men’s High Jump)
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