National record-holder and Asian Games gold-winning Indian middle-distance runner Jinson Johnson announced his retirement on Wednesday, after a 15-year career shaped by “relentless training, quiet struggles, and painful injuries”.
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The 34-year-old has not competed since winning a 1500m bronze in the Hangzhou Asian Games in October 2023. His best moment was winning the 1500m gold in the 2018 Jakarta Asian Games with a time of 3 minutes 44.72 seconds. He also won a silver in the 800m race in the same tournament. “From a boy with dream started the journey from Kolkata and reached up to Asian Games podium in Hangzhou 2023. Thank you Athletics,” Johnson wrote on his Instagram. During the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia, Johnson broke Bahadur Prasad’s 23-year-old 1500m national record (3 mins 37.86 secs). He improved on it in 2019 (3 min 35.24 secs).
3 mins 35.24 secs
The 1500m national record time set by Jinson Johnson during the ISTAF Berlin meet in 2019
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