New Delhi, Sept. 26 -- India's Sawan Barwal ended the country's 44-year long wait for a medal in men's marathon after he clinched silver at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Saturday. The 28-year-old Indian clocked a timing of 2:11:37, finishing behind Japan's Ishitaka Yamashita, who won gold with a timing of 2:10:49. China's Peiyou Feng took the bronze medal with a time of 2:12:13.

India had last won a medal in the men's marathon at the Asian Games in 1982, when Hosur Kukkappa Seetharan won bronze in New Delhi. Before Barwal, India's other men's marathon medallists at the Asian Games were Chota Singh, who won gold at the inaugural 1951 Games, and Surat Singh Mathur, who won bronze at the same edition.

Barwal's medal took India's ...