Hyderabad, July 13 -- Telangana athlete Pravallika Narimalla won a gold medal in the women's 4x400m relay at the inaugural Asian Under-23 Athletics Championships 2026, held in Ordos, China.

Pravallika teamed up with Shravani Sachin Sangle, Sandramol Sabu and Nofisa Khatun to clock 3:33.62 seconds in the relay final on the concluding day of the championships. The Indian quartet finished ahead of hosts China, who clocked 3:35.14 seconds to take silver, while Kazakhstan won bronze in 3:37.65 seconds.

A native of Gundlapalli village in Dindi mandal of Nalgonda district, Pravallika is a student of the SC Gurukul Degree College in Nalgonda and trained at the Dindi Gurukul Sports Academy. Before her international breakthrough, she had built a ...