Wonder women: Relay team stuns track, Dhanda breaks records in trap win
NEW DELHI, Sept. 30 -- India's gold medal tally rose to six at the 2026 Asian Games on Tuesday, with the women's 4x400m relay team winning the country's first athletics gold at Aichi-Nagoya and Neeru Dhanda making history with an individual women's trap title at the continental event.
The quartet of Kiran Pahal, MR Poovamma, Prachi Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj clocked 3:29.69 to win gold, ahead of Bahrain and China. The men's 4x400m and mixed 4x100m relay teams also made the podium, adding bronze medals.
Gulveer Singh clinched a hat-trick of medals at the Games as he finished third in the 5,000m final.
Dhanda shot 28 out of 30 targets in the trap final to break the Asian and Games record. Earlier in the day, she helped the women's trap team win silver. P16...
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