Vithya reflected on her incredible achievement in a candid chat with NDTV, and also sent a message to the future generation. Vithya Ramraj made history at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday as she shattered PT Usha’s national record and clinched bronze in the women’s 400m hurdles final. Vithya previously jointly held the national record with Usha, with a time of 55.42 seconds. On Monday, however, she blitzed the race in just 54.75 seconds, and finished only narrowly behind gold medalist Mariam Kareem.
When will you run it in 55s? That hurt me more. “I never go for the medals. The Indian was firmly in medal contention through the race and held her position in the closing stages, but could not match the late surge of Mariam Kareem of the United Arab Emirates.
Because it’s been 42 years (that the record stood), “I’m so happy,. After 2023, when I equalled it, everyone asked me, ‘When are you going to break it? Today I did 54, I’m so happy” she said. Kareem stormed to gold in a Games-record 54.31s, while Kazakhstan’s Adelina Zems secured silver with a personal best of 54.58s.
I go for the timings, and got the medal,” she further said.
