With 27 medals, India signed off from the Asian Athletics Championships 2023, which finished on July 16. The Indian athletes bagged a total of 27 medals, which saw them equal their best-ever medal haul in the competition. India had won 27 medals in the 2017 edition of the Asian Athletics Championships as well, which was held in Bhubaneshwar. But this haul was India's best away from home. India finished third behind Japan and China in the medal tally. The multi-event competition started on July 12 and finished on July 16. The Suphachalasai National Stadium hosted the events of this competition. Some of India’s top athletes who competed in the competition include the likes of Murali Sreeshankar, Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Jyothi Yarraji. On Which Channel Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Will be Telecast Live? How To Watch Live Streaming Online in India?

Yarraji made history when she became the first-ever Indian to win a gold medal in the Women’s 100m hurdles event in the competition. This was also her first gold medal for the country. Apart from Yarraji, Abdulla Aboobacker and Ajay Kumar Saroj are among others to have won a gold for India.

Asian Athletics Championships 2023 Medal Tally

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Japan 16 11 10 37
2 China 8 8 6 22
3 India 6 12 9 27
4 Sri Lanka 3 2 3 8
5 Qatar 2 1 1 4
6 Philippines 2 0 0 2
6 Singapore 2 0 0 2
8 Kazakhstan 1 2 1 4
8 Uzbekistan 1 2 1 4
10 Thailand 1 1 4 6
11 Chinese Taipei 1 1 0 2
12 South Korea 1 0 2 3
13 Vietnam 1 0 1 2
14 Iran 0 2 1 3
14 Saudi Arabia 0 2 1 3
16 Kuwait 0 1 2 3
17 Mongolia 0 0 1 1
17 Vietnam 0 0 1 1

Indian Medal Winners at Asian Athletics Championships 2023

Athlete Medal Event
Jyothi Yarraji Gold Women’s 100m hurdles
Abdulla Aboobacker Gold Men's triple jump
Parul Chaudhary Gold Women’s 3000m steeplechase
Ajay Kumar Saroj Gold Men's 1500m
Tajinderpal Singh Toor Gold Men’s Shot Put
Rajesh Ramesh, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Amoj Jacob, Subha Venkatesan Gold Mixed 4x400m relay team
Murali Sreeshankar Silver Men’s Long Jump
Shaili Singh Silver Men’s Long Jump
Anil Sarvesh Kushare Silver Men's high jump
Swapna Barman Silver Heptathlon
Priyanka Goswami Silver Women’s 20km race walk
Chanda Silver Women’s 800m
Parul Chaudhary Silver Women’s 5000m
Krishan Kumar Silver Men’s 800m
Abha Khatua Silver Women’s Shot Put
DP Manu Silver Men’s Javelin Throw
Jyothi Yarraji Silver Women’s 200m
Amoj Jacob, Muhammed Ajmal, Mijo Chacko Kurian, Rajesh Ramesh Silver Men’s 4x400m Relay
Abhishek Pal Bronze Men's 10000m
Aishwarya Kailash Mishra Bronze Women's 400m
Tejaswin Shankar Bronze Men's decathlon
Tamilarasan Santhosh Kumar Bronze Men's 400m hurdles
Vikash Singh Bronze Men’s 20m Race Walk
Ankita Bronze Women’s 5000m
Manpreet Kaur Bronze Women’s Shot Put
Gulveer Singh Bronze Men’s 5000m
Rezoana Mallick Heena, Aishwarya Kailash Mishra, Jyothika Sri Dandi, Subha Venkatesan Bronze Women’s 4x400m Relay

In the last edition of the competition held in Doha, India managed a total of 15 medals, which included two gold, eight silver and five bronze. India, for the record, have competed in all the nine editions of the Asian Athletics Championships.

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