Truck driver Ramraj spent years hearing women invoke PT Usha as a byword for speed. In Aichi-Nagoya, daughter Vithya broke Usha's 42-year-old 400m hurdles national record on a rain-soaked evening.
Before leaving for the Asian Games, Neeru told her mother PM Modi would meet her if she performed well. Her record-breaking trap golds in Nagoya have brought that promise within reach.
India's athletics gold streak survived at the Asian Games, but the 2026 campaign was a marked shift from Hangzhou. With 24 medals, including just one gold, India showed depth through new medal winners but lacked the dominance of three years ago.
Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav won silver and bronze in the men's javelin at the Asian Games 2026, giving India a second straight double podium in the event. With Neeraj Chopra absent, the young throwers delivered on a rain-hit evening in Nagoya.
Vithya Ramraj stopped chasing medals and started chasing a number. For three years, 55 seconds had eluded her. On Monday at the Asian Games, she broke it in 54.75 seconds, shattering PT Usha's 42-year record. Sometimes breakthroughs happen when you make your goal smaller.
Asian Games: India finished fifth in the women's 25m pistol team event in yet another disappointing show. One of Rahi Sarnobat's shot was registered as 0 after she registered a frame-hit in the rapid series.
Asian Games 2026: Akshaj Shenoy has been playing against the odds his entire life. Now, as India's League of Legends captain, he faces his biggest challenge yet. Chasing India's first esports medal.
Lovlina Borgohain has unfinished business at the Asian Games. After a difficult phase following the Paris Olympics and a silver medal in Glasgow, the Tokyo Olympic bronze medallist is chasing gold in Nagoya, this time in the 75kg category
India added five athletics medals on a dramatic Sunday, with Ancy Sojan and Sarvesh Kushare winning silver, while Tejaswin Shankar, Parul Chaudhary and Harita Bhadra took bronze. Yet, the Gold remained elusive.
At 33, Karthik Unnikrishnan finally made his Asian Games debut, only to see rain, injury, and another difficult day on the runway get in his way. Here's the story of how an athlete's life is shaped when destiny refuses to lose.
Asian Games 2026: PV Sindhu's midnight match was the latest flashpoint in a gruelling badminton schedule at the Games. India's HS Prannoy called the event "mediocre" and raised concerns over recovery, travel and accommodation.
Iran's women's kabaddi team changed camps three times, trained at around 10 different bases and lost two months of preparation as war disrupted their Asian Games build-up. And yet, they gave India a proper fight in the final and won the silver medal at the Continental Games.
Sawan Barwal ended India's 44-year wait for a men's marathon medal at the Asian Games. With a national record time of 2:11.37, he won a silver in Nagoya. Here's how he trained for the event.
Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar sealed a mixed doubles medal by reaching the Asian Games semi-finals. For Chinappa, her seventh Games is a milestone she never imagined reaching, built on controlled training, meditation and a focus on the present.
After breaking Shivnath Singh's legendary 48-year-old national mark in his very first competitive marathon at Rotterdam this year, 28-year-old Sawan Barwal reflects on the brutal mental wall past 35km and shifting his sights to Asian Games glory.
Salman Khan used to drive a cab in New Delhi, now he has a medal at the Asian Games. Alongside Satnam Singh, Salman won India's first ever bronze medal in the men's double sculls on Thursday, September 24.
Jay Meena once dreamt of becoming a cricketer, but a chance encounter with soft tennis at school changed his path. On Wednesday, he made history by securing India's first Asian Games medal in the sport.
At the Asian Games on Tuesday, Lakshya Sen found the fight that had been missing in recent weeks, overturning a 14-19 deficit against Kodai Naraoka to lead India's 3-0 win over Japan in the men's team quarterfinals.
Mirabai Chanu will lead India's four-member women's weightlifting team at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, with the lifters chasing an end to the country's 28-year medal wait in the sport. After a strong Commonwealth Games campaign, India's weightlifters will now aim to go one step further and win the country's first Asian Games gold.
Himanshu Dhillon won individual silver and team silver in the men's 10m air rifle at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. The medals capped the 20-year-old Jind shooter's unconventional journey from wrestling and farm fields to the podium.
