Asian Games 2026: CWG silver medalist Harjinder finishes ninth in 69 kg weightlifting

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 27 (ANI): Indian weightlifter and Commonwealth Games 2026 silver medalist Harjinder Kaur completed in ninth place within the ladies’s 69 kg weightlifting occasion on the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on Sunday. 

The Indian weightlifter failed to copy her Glasgow heroics, ending ninth with a mixed elevate of 204 kg, with a elevate of 94 kg within the snatch and 110 within the clear and jerk class. 

Harjinder, the Commonwealth Games silver medalist this 12 months, didn’t have an amazing snatch part, ending with a greatest elevate of 94 kg, failing in her final two makes an attempt at lifting 97 kg. She additionally fell seven kgs in need of her private better of 101 kg, which she achieved throughout CWG this 12 months.

From the underside half of the desk, Harjinder moved to the fourth spot within the desk together with her first clear and jerk try of 110 kg, with the mixed weight lifted being 204 kg. But with the weightlifters producing higher lifts, she dropped right down to the underside half of the desk once more. 

She additionally made just one clear and jerk elevate try and completed at ninth spot with a mixed elevate of 204 kg. 

The gold medal went to North Korea’s Hyang Kuk Song, with a mixed elevate of 273 (121 in snatch and 152 in clear and jerk), with silver going to Chinese Taipei’s Wen-huei Chei with a mixed elevate of 232 (106 in snatch and 126 in clear and jerk). The bronze medal went to Ingrid Grueso of Bahrain with a mixed elevate of 229 kg (101 kg in snatch and 128 kg in clear and jerk). 

Indian pugilist Ankush Panghal confirmed his nation a medal in males’s 80 kg boxing on the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya 2026, beating Tajikistan’s Nekruz Salimov within the quarterfinals on Sunday. 

As per ESPN, Ankush beat Nekruz 5-0 within the quarterfinals by way of unanimous resolution. 

Meanwhile, Team India has loved a blended run throughout different sports activities. In fencing, the Indian ladies’s sabre crew of Bhavani Devi, Shreya Gupta, Jefarlin Jani Rexlin Simla and S. Shruti Joshi fell 45-35 to Uzbekistan within the quarter-finals, placing an finish of India’s fencing problem on the Asian Games. 

India’s badminton particular person medal hopes on the Asian Games 2026 ended on Sunday as PV Sindhu and Unnati Hooda bowed out within the ladies’s singles quarterfinals.

Two-time Olympic medallist Sindhu made a robust begin in opposition to China’s Chen Yu Fei however couldn’t maintain the momentum, dropping 21-11, 18-21, 10-21, in response to ESPN.

Sindhu took the opening sport comfortably, however Chen fought again to degree the competition earlier than dominating the decider. The defeat introduced an finish to India’s marketing campaign in badminton on the Games, with the boys’s crew bronze remaining the nation’s solely medal from the game.

Earlier, 18-year-old Unnati additionally got here near securing a medal earlier than happening to Japan’s former world No. 1 Akane Yamaguchi 16-21, 21-14, 17-21 in a intently fought quarterfinal.

Unnati recovered after dropping the opening sport and compelled a decider, however couldn’t capitalise when Yamaguchi seemed to be scuffling with a leg problem.

Indian athletes Murali Sreeshankar and David Patturaj Solomon made it to the finals of the boys’s lengthy soar. Sreeshankar completed second in Group B with a greatest try of seven.84 m, whereas David Solomon completed at third spot with a greatest soar of seven.62 m in Group A. 

Also, Indian athletes delivered some good news from the ladies’s 400 m hurdles heats, with each Vithya Ramraj and Anu Raghavan making it to the finals of the occasion. They each completed at second spot of their respective heats. While Vithya clocked a season-best of 55.73, Anu delivered her private better of 55.84 m. 

In Kurash, India made a number of fast exits. India’s Vishal bowed out within the males’s +90 kg quarterfinals with a 0-5 loss to Thailand’s Kunathip Yea-On. Sangita Balhara misplaced 10-0 to Charmea Quelino of the Philippines in her spherical of 32 fixture. In the spherical of 16, Bharti misplaced 3-0 to Iran’s Tahereh Azarpeivand, and Yash Kumar misplaced 10-0 to Tajikistan’s Shakarmamad Mirmamadov.

Tejaswin Shankar dropped from first place to 3rd following the conclusion of the discus throw occasion within the decathlon on Sunday. 

Prior to the discus throw occasion, Tejaswin was on the prime of the desk within the decathlon, having delivered a third-place end within the 110m hurdles warmth, with a time of 14.33 seconds for 932 factors. He was within the lead with 5,270 factors and in line for gold. 

But within the discus throw, he completed third together with his greatest throw of 36.77 m, 4 metres in need of his greatest, as per ESPN. With 5,869 factors, he has dropped down to 3rd spot, with China and Japan occupying the highest two spots. 

The last two occasions of the decathlon, the pole vault and javelin throw, are usually not precisely Tejaswin’s strengths. 

India’s Manju Rani had a disappointing outing within the ladies’s marathon race stroll, ending sixth with a time of three:40:17, whereas Priyanka Goswami was disqualified after the 9 km mark. 

India loved a robust outing within the archery blended crew occasions on the Asian Games on Sunday, with Dhiraj Bommadevara-Kumkum Mohod and Sahil Jadhav-Chikitha Taniparthi advancing to the semifinals in recurve and compound, respectively.

Dhiraj and Kumkum adopted up their Round of 16 win over the UAE with one other comfy victory, defeating Vietnam 6-0 within the quarterfinals of the recurve blended crew occasion, in response to ESPN. The Indian pair will face Japan within the semifinals on October 2.

Sahil and Chikitha additionally secured a convincing quarterfinal victory, beating Kazakhstan 159-154 within the compound blended crew occasion after earlier overcoming Mongolia within the Round of 16. India will tackle Thailand within the compound blended crew semifinals on September 30.

The nation’s archers additionally progressed to the semifinals of each the boys’s and girls’s compound crew occasions, including to India’s sturdy displaying in archery on the Games.

Coming to browsing, Sivaraj Babu superior to spherical three within the males’s shortboard occasion, outclassing Iran’s Davoud Khadir with a rating of 8.96 (4.83+4.13 throughout two waves). He joins compatriot Kishore Kumar within the spherical three, with all 4 Indian surfers within the males’s and girls’s shortboard having progressed. 

Earlier, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Kamali Prakash made it to the third spherical. 

Sugar Shanti beat Chen Wan-yu of Chinese Taipei (5.40) with a rating of seven.33, scoring 3.83 factors in her first wave and three.50 in her second. 

Kamali Prakash beat Singapore’s Camille Marie Spaccarotella, scoring 7.57, with 4.17 factors coming within the first wave and three.40 coming within the second wave. Her opponent’s rating was 4.50. (ANI)