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Asian Games: Vithya Ramraj Powers Women’s Relay Team to Gold
On Tuesday, India's women's 4x400m relay team won gold at Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, clocking 3 minutes and 29.69 seconds to claim their sixth medal of the Games.
This victory extends India's remarkable hold on the event, having now won the women's 4x400m relay gold in six of the last seven Asian Games competitions.
The quartet of Kiran, Poovamma Machettira, Prachi, and Vithya Ramraj maintained the lead through early legs, with Ramraj holding off a fierce late challenge from Bahrain's Salwa Eid Nasr.
Capping a memorable day for Indian athletics, the gold brought India's overall tally to 51 medals, following Neeru Dhanda's historic trap shooting gold earlier in the day.
Anchor Vithya Ramraj, who broke PT Usha's 42-year-old national record in the 400m hurdles days earlier, capped a standout Games campaign by securing this relay gold.
India has won its first athletics gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games. The women's 4x400m relay team of Kiran Pahal, Poovamma Machettira, Prachi, and Vithya Ramaraj won the gold medal with a time of 3:29.69 minutes. India also won bronze in the 4x100m mixed relay.