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.
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.
Sawan Barwal had heard that running 2:12 or 2:13 was difficult for Indians. He took it as a challenge, broke the national record twice in a year and won Asian Games marathon silver on Saturday, September 26.
Gurindervir Singh and Animesh Kujur bowed out of the men's 100m after failing to reach the final despite progressing from the heats. India, however, enjoyed a strong day in athletics with three medals, while Kiran, Prachi and Vishal TK advanced to the 400m finals.
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.
Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh powered into the men's 100m semifinals as India made a strong start to its Asian Games athletics campaign. India also won silver in the mixed 4x400m relay and bronze through Seema in the women's 10,000m final.
India's athletics campaign at the 2026 Asian Games begins on September 24. India are without Neeraj Chopra, but the 74-member contingent still has plenty of medal contenders across the track and field events. Here's what you need to know about them.
NADA has barred athletics coach Rakesh Kumar for life and provisionally suspended powerlifter Gaurav Vats. The sanctions list also flags fresh doping cases across athletics and weightlifting.
Nairobi will host the 2029 World Athletics Championships, marking the first time the event will be held in Africa. The decision is a major recognition of Kenya's rich athletics tradition.
Rumesh Pathirage said Turkish Airlines damaged three of his competition javelins while he was returning from Hungary after winning the World Athletics Ultimate Championships. The damaged set includes all three javelins he used for 90m-plus throws, with specialised Nemeth equipment costing over Rs 1 lakh apiece.
Asian Games: Kartik Karkera is one of the two Indian marathon runners qualified for the Asian Games. Karkera, a doctor by profession, speaks to India Today about his journey and his expectations from the continental event.
Rumesh Pathirage produced another 90m-plus throw to win the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest on Sunday. The Sri Lankan javelin star capped a dominant 2026 season with his third throw beyond 90m and another major title.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen bounced back from a bitter Diamond League final defeat to win the men's 5,000m at the inaugural World Athletics Ultimate Championship. The Norwegian clocked a season's best 12:59.24, days after calling his 1500m rivals a "bunch of cowards".
Defending Asian Games javelin champion Annu Rani has been dropped from India's 2026 athletics contingent after failing to meet the AFI's qualification mark. Sprinter Nithya Gandhe and long jumper Shahnavaz Khan also miss out.
Avinash Sable stepped up his preparations for the Asian Games with 3000m steeplechase gold at the Indian Athletics Final series. Tanya Chaudhary set a new national record and Animesh Kujur emerged as the quickest athlete of the meet ahead of Gurindervir Singh.
Almost the entire Asian Games-bound Indian athletics squad will compete in the series final in Delhi on Thursday. The meet serves as their last major tune-up before Japan and carries a Rs 65 lakh prize purse.
Jakob Ingebrigtsen has apologised for calling his rivals "a bunch of cowards" after finishing fourth in the Diamond League final. However, the Olympic champion has refused to back down from his criticism of Cole Hocker and his team.
Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage capped off his incredible 2026 season by winning his maiden Diamond League final. Rumesh produced a monster 89.04m throw in Brussels to beat a strong field and further establish himself as one of the biggest names in world javelin.
Emmanouil Karalis made the most of Mondo Duplantis' absence to win his maiden Diamond League final title in Brussels. The Greek cleared 6.12 metres to not only claim the biggest title of his career but also break the meeting record previously held by Duplantis.
