India Wins Mixed 4x400m Relay Silver as Seema Kumari Ends 16-Year Asian Games Wait with 10,000m Bronze

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 04:57pm on 24 Sep 2026,Thursday Sports

India secured two athletics medals at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya on September 24. The mixed 4x400m relay team of T.S. Manu, M.R. Poovamma, Vishal T.K. and Vithya Ramraj won silver with a time of 3:14.46, finishing behind Bahrain’s Games-record 3:12.87. Earlier, Seema Kumari won bronze in the women’s 10,000m, clocking 32:50.05. Her medal ended India’s 16-year wait for a podium finish in the event and was only the country’s third Asian Games medal in women’s 10,000m. The results strengthened India’s athletics campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Games. (PC: X)

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