Tamil Nadu announces ₹30 lakh award for Asian Games hurdler Vithya Ramraj
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has announced a ₹30 lakh cash award for athlete Vithya Ramraj after she won bronze in the 400m hurdles at the Asian Games. Vijay said Ramraj had surpassed P.T. Usha’s 1984 Asian Games record and inspired women and young people.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay has announced a cash prize of ₹30 lakh for athlete Vithya Ramraj after her bronze-medal performance in the 400m hurdles at the Asian Games. Vijay congratulated Ramraj in a social media post on Monday.
He said the athlete had broken a record set by P.T. Usha at the 1984 Asian Games. The chief minister described the achievement as significant and said it would encourage women and young people in Tamil Nadu.
The announcement follows Ramraj’s medal-winning performance in the 400m hurdles at the continental competition. The source did not provide further details about the race time, the other medalists or the process for distributing the award. The cash prize is a state recognition of the athlete’s result and was announced by the chief minister rather than by a sporting body in the supplied material.
Vijay’s post linked Ramraj’s achievement to wider encouragement for women and youth in the state. No further government measures or sporting commitments were announced alongside the award. Ramraj’s result was also presented as a record-breaking performance because Vijay said it surpassed Usha’s mark from the 1984 Asian Games.
The source did not specify the previous record time or Ramraj’s new time. The announcement was published on September 29, 2026, in Chennai.
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