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22nd Asian U20 Athletics Championships, 2026

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  • Venue: Hong Kong, China. 

  • Date: 28-31 May 2026.

  • The championships served as a qualifying event for the World Athletics U20 Championships 2026, scheduled to be held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, USA, from August 5 to 9.

  • A total of 48 Indian athletes (30 men and 18 women) competed

  • Medal Tally:

    1. China 

    2. India (19 Medals)
      • Gold: 10, Silver: 5, Bronze: 4 

     

  • India’s Performance:

    • Gold:

      1. Nitin Gupta (Men’s 5000 m race walk),

      2. Pooja Singh (Women’s High Jump-1.93 meter; new senior national record),

      3. Rahul Jakhar (Decathlon),

      4. Shahnavaj Khan (Long Jump), 

      5. Bhumika Nehate, Tahura Khutan, Sehnoor Bawa and Neeru Pathak (women’s 4x400m relay team), 

      6. Venkatram Reddy Mogali (Men’800m),

      7. Muskan (Women’s 5000m),

      8. Amanat Kambhoj (Women’s discuss throw),

      9. Nikhil Chandrashekar (Men’s 3000m steeplechase),

      10. Basant (Men’s high jump)

  • Note: 

    • The men’s 4×400 metres team of Piyush Raj, Sayed Sabeer, Ranjith Kumar and Mohammed Ashfaq claimed bronze, setting a new junior national record with a time of 3 minutes 5.54 seconds.

 

Source: India climbs to second spot with eight medals at Asian U-20 Athletics Championships