Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:43pm on 24 Sep 2026,Thursday Sports
India’s mixed 4x400m relay team won silver at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, clocking 3:14.46 in the final. The quartet of Poovamma Raju, Vishal Thennarasu, Manu TS and Vithya Ramraj finished second behind Bahrain, who claimed gold in a Games-record 3:12.87. India appeared set for bronze before Vithya delivered a strong final leg, overtaking Vietnam in the closing stages to move into second place. The result marked India’s third consecutive Asian Games medal in the mixed 4x400m relay, following gold in 2018 and silver in 2023. Vietnam finished third in 3:14.54. India’s silver added another athletics medal to the country’s overall tally at the Nagoya Games on Thursday in Japan.
