India's women's 4x400m relay team won gold at the Asian Games 2026, giving the country its first athletics title of the Games, according to The Hindu.
The quartet of Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi and Vithya Ramraj finished on top of the podium in the relay final. Vithya Ramraj led the team to the gold, rediff.com reports.
The Hindu describes the result as India's first athletics gold at the 2026 edition of the Games. Telegraph India also reports that the relay victory delivered the country's opening athletics title of the competition.
India's Prime Minister congratulated all four runners — Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi and Vithya Ramraj — on the win, according to a statement published by PM India.
The relay gold was among the standout results on a day of Asian Games 2026 action covered by multiple Indian outlets. The Hindu's live highlights page carried the relay result as one of the day's main developments.
Further details of the race, including the team's finishing time and the placings of the other competing nations, were not available in the source material reviewed for this report.
With the women's 4x400m relay title secured, attention now turns to the rest of India's athletics schedule at the Games, where the team will look to build on its first gold of the meet.
