Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], September 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath congratulated Indian athletes Gulveer Singh, Manpreet Kaur, Manush Shah, Diya Chitale and Baranica Elangovan after they received medals on Day 6 of the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
Congratulating Gulveer on his silver medal within the males’s 10,000m, Adityanath shared a put up on X and wrote, ‘The champion runner from Aligarh, UP has as soon as once more introduced laurels to the nation and made Uttar Pradesh particularly proud. Congratulations to Naib Subedar Gulveer Singh on profitable the Silver Medal within the Men’s 10,000 m occasion on the Asian Games 2026. May your strides proceed to take Bharat to better heights. Jai Hind!’
Gulveer, a Naib Subedar within the Indian Army, clocked 28:29.38 on the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium to complete second behind Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew (28:27.51), whereas Albert Kiptoo of Bahrain took bronze in 28:34.38.
The silver marks an enchancment on Gulveer’s bronze on the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou. He had additionally received gold medals within the 5,000m and 10,000m on the 2025 Asian Athletics Championships and have become the primary Indian to win two observe medals at a single version of the Commonwealth Games earlier this 12 months, taking silver within the 10,000m and bronze within the 5,000m in Glasgow.
Adityanath additionally congratulated Manpreet Kaur, who received bronze within the girls’s shot put.
He wrote, ‘Congratulations to Manpreet Kaur on profitable the Bronze Medal within the Women’s Shot Put occasion on the Asian Games 2026. A progressive sequence of throws, culminating in a powerful 17.17m effort, earned India a spot on the rostrum. Jai Hind!’
Manpreet’s 17.17m effort earned her the bronze medal, whereas Krishna Jayasankar Menon completed fifth.
For blended doubles desk tennis bronze medallists Manush Shah and Diya Chitale, Adityanath wrote on X, ‘A proud second for Indian Table Tennis on the Asian Games! Congratulations to Manush Shah and Diya Chitale on profitable the Bronze Medal within the Mixed Doubles occasion on the Asian Games 2026. The duo confirmed nice composure and combating spirit towards a powerful Chinese pair. May this achievement encourage many extra successes for Indian Table Tennis. Jai Hind!’
Shah and Chitale misplaced their semi-final to China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha however have been assured of a medal after reaching the final 4.
Adityanath additionally congratulated Baranica Elangovan, who received bronze within the girls’s pole vault.
He wrote, ‘Congratulations to Baranica Elangovan on profitable the Bronze Medal within the Women’s Pole Vault on the Asian Games 2026. With a clearance of 4.15m, she has grow to be the primary Indian to win an Asian Games medal in pole vault, creating a brand new milestone for Indian athletics. A proud second for the nation and a memorable leap for Indian athletics. Jai Hind!’
India additionally added gold in taking pictures by means of Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh within the 10m air pistol blended staff occasion, whereas Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar received silver within the males’s 50m rifle 3 positions staff occasion.
India’s males’s and girls’s kabaddi groups superior to the finals, whereas Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar assured India of a medal in squash blended doubles.
The girls’s hockey staff additionally defeated Japan 3-1 in its Pool B match.
India completed Day 6 with 23 medals total, comprising two gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze, and stood twelfth within the standings. (ANI)