Overview

• Gulveer Singh clinched gold in both the men’s 10,000m and 5,000m, setting a championship record of 13:24.77 in the latter event.
• Pooja Singh won the women’s high jump with a personal best of 1.89m and added a bronze in the 800m with a career-best time of 2:01.89.
• Nandini Agasara claimed heptathlon gold with 5,941 points after a strong comeback in the 800m following a disappointing javelin throw.
• On the final day, Sachin Yadav threw a personal best of 85.16m for silver in the javelin and Animesh Kujur reset the men’s 200m national record with 20.32 seconds en route to a bronze.
• India maintained its runners-up position behind China with a haul of eight gold, ten silver and six bronze medals, surpassing its previous edition’s gold count.