Punjab, Sept. 28 -- India are on 41 medals at Aichi-Nagoya after a day nine that produced a national record, a second medal for one athlete and a third for another.

Vithya Ramraj's national record

Vithya Ramraj took bronze in the women's 400m hurdles and set a new national record doing it.

The 400m hurdles is one of the most technically punishing events in athletics - ten barriers over a full lap, with stride patterns that break down as lactate builds. A national record in a continental final, rather than in a time trial, is the harder way to set one.

Gulveer Singh's second

Silver in the men's 1500m, after his silver in the 10000m earlier in the Games.

Medals at 1500m and 10000m at the same championship is an unusual range. Those even...