Parul Chaudhary of India celebrates with the tricolour after clinching the bronze medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the 20th Asian Games Aichi Nagoya 2026, clocking a personal best and national record of 9:08.67 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on 27 September 2026.
Draped in the Indian tricolour, Parul Chaudhary completed her victory lap at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium after her 9:08.67 run — a personal best — earned her the bronze medal in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the 20th Asian Games 2026.
Parul Chaudhary and fellow Indian Ankita compete together in the women's 3000m steeplechase final of the 20th Asian Games Aichi Nagoya 2026 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Japan, on 27 September 2026.
Parul Chaudhary and Ankita — both representing India — push the pace in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the Aichi Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, held at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on 27 September 2026.
At Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, India's Parul Chaudhary and Ankita are captured mid race during the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the 20th Asian Games 2026 on 27 September 2026 in Japan.
India fielded two athletes — Parul Chaudhary and Ankita — in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the Aichi Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, competing at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Japan, on 27 September 2026.
Parul Chaudhary and Ankita navigate the water jumps and barriers of the women's 3000m steeplechase final at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium during the 20th Asian Games Aichi Nagoya 2026 on 27 September 2026.
Racing in Japan, Parul Chaudhary and Ankita represented India side by side in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the 20th Asian Games 2026, held at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on 27 September 2026.
Parul Chaudhary and Ankita carried India's medal hopes in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the 20th Asian Games Aichi Nagoya 2026 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Japan, on 27 September 2026.
Parul Chaudhary competes in the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the 20th Asian Games Aichi Nagoya 2026, at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Japan, on 27 September 2026 — a race she would finish in a national record 9:08.67.
Parul Chaudhary clears the barriers during the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the Aichi Nagoya 2026 Asian Games, staged at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium, Japan, on 27 September 2026.
Parul Chaudhary is photographed mid race at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium during the women's 3000m steeplechase final at the 20th Asian Games 2026 — a run that culminated in a bronze medal and a new Indian national record on 27 September 2026.
Parul Chaudhary rounded off a landmark performance in the women's 3000m steeplechase at the 20th Asian Games Aichi Nagoya 2026, finishing with a bronze medal and a new Indian national record of 9:08.67 at Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium on 27 September 2026.