Summary
She ran faster than anyone from India ever did before, breaking a 42‑year record. 🎉
India now has 40 medals in the games, and Vithya helped the team get more.
Key Points
3 points1
Bronze medal in women's 400‑meter hurdles.
2
New Indian record time: 54.75 seconds.
3
Record broke the old 55.42‑second mark set in 1984.
New Words to Learn
5 wordsbronze
a medal that is the third place prize
hurdles
small barriers that runners jump over during a race
record
the best performance that has ever been measured
medal
a small metal prize given for winning a competition
Asian Games
a big sports competition where countries from Asia compete
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