Laxita Vinod Sandila from India achieved a gold medal in the women's 1500m race at the Asian U-20 Athletics Championships in Yecheon, South Korea. She set a personal best time of 4:24.23 seconds, surpassing her previous record by more than two seconds. Mehdi Hasan secured a bronze in the men's 1500m race with a time of 3:56.01s, while Shivaji Parashu Madappagoudra won silver in the men's 5000m race with a time of 14:49.05s. India's overall medal count rose to 17, with Rezoana Mallick Heena, Bharatpreet Singh, Siddharth Choudhary, and Sunil Kumar also securing gold medals in their respective events.