Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 21 (ANI): Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday congratulated Indian shooters Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil for his or her medal-winning performances within the Men’s 10m Air Rifle occasion on the Asian Games 2026 in Japan.
India has to this point secured 5 medals in capturing on the continental occasion, with 4 silver and one bronze. Elavenil Valarivan received silver within the girls’s 10m air rifle, whereas India’s males’s 10m air rifle workforce additionally claimed silver. Himanshu Dhillon and Rudrankksh Patil subsequently added silver and bronze, respectively, within the particular person occasion.
Taking to social media platform X, Mandaviya shared a video and lauded the shooters for securing a double podium end for India.
‘Double podium for Bharat. Huge congrats to Himanshu Dhillon (Silver) and Rudrankksh Patil (Bronze) within the Men’s 10m Air Rifle. Proud of our champions!’ Mandaviya wrote.
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Earlier, the Sports Minister congratulated Indian combined martial arts (MMA) athlete Suchika Tariyal for scripting historical past by profitable India’s first-ever MMA medal on the Asian Games 2026.
Taking to social media platform X, Mandaviya shared a video of Suchika’s achievement and lauded her historic efficiency. Tariyal made historical past, securing the nation’s first-ever bronze medal within the self-discipline on the stage of the Asian Games.
‘A historic second for Bharat! Suchika Tariyal scripts historical past by profitable India’s first-ever MMA medal with a spectacular Bronze on the #AsianGames2026. The whole nation is pleased with you!’ Mandaviya wrote.
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India had a robust outing on the Asian Games 2026, with shooters delivering a double podium end within the Men’s 10m Air Rifle occasion.
Himanshu received the silver medal, whereas Rudrankksh secured bronze within the Men’s 10m Air Rifle particular person closing. The duo, together with Parth Mane, additionally clinched a silver medal within the workforce occasion.
In combined martial arts, Suchika Tariyal received a bronze medal within the girls’s conventional 60kg class after shedding to Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon within the semifinal.
India’s males’s kabaddi workforce registered a commanding 49-23 victory over Japan of their Group A match. In boxing, Sumit superior after defeating Bunjong Sinsiri of Thailand within the Men’s 70kg Round of 32 bout.
In desk tennis, India defeated Pakistan 3-0 within the girls’s workforce Group F match. In comfortable tennis, the combined doubles pair of Aadhya Tiwari and Jay Meena defeated Cambodia’s Viva Chao-Chanroseka Khun 5-0 within the Group B match. The pair later misplaced to South Korea’s Kim Yeon-hwa and Jaekyu Park, earlier than beating Mongolia’s Bud Nyamdorj and Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar. However, they bowed out after shedding to the Philippines’ Christy Sanosa and Sherwin Nuguit within the Round of 16.
In swimming, Srihari Nataraj certified for the Men’s 50m Backstroke closing, whereas Rishabh Das remained as a reserve. Mani Akash and Gitesh Shah did not qualify for the Men’s 50m Freestyle closing, whereas Dhanush Suresh missed out on the Men’s 100m Breaststroke closing.
In different occasions, Nyeman Wangsu completed fifteenth within the Women’s Changquan closing in wushu, whereas India suffered a defeat towards Japan within the Men’s Team Regu Group B match in Sepaktakraw. (ANI)