India, Oct. 1 -- When Vithya Ramraj charged to the dazzling anchor leg run that kept even a sizzling Salwa Eid Naser at bay in the women's 4x400m relay final in Nagoya, a sexagenarian sitting in front of a TV screen in Kerala on Tuesday night felt like she was running once again.

"I was so thrilled. When she was running in that last stretch, I thought I was running again, like the old times," Shiny Abraham Wilson told HT on Wednesday morning.

Shiny was one of the OGs, as Gen Z calls it now. From the famed golden quartet that scripted Indian athletics' only top finish at the 2026 Asian Games, two are Gen Zs: Vithya and Kiran Pahal. Prachi Choudhary is 29 and MR Poovamma, the oldest, is 36.

This generation could run towards Asian suprema...