Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 29 (ANI): The Indian ladies’s capturing staff of Neeru, Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer clinched the silver medal within the ladies’s entice staff occasion on the Asian Games 2026 in Japan on Tuesday.
The Indian trio completed with a mixed rating of 328 factors, three factors forward of Kuwait, who secured the bronze medal with 325 factors. China gained the gold medal with a rating of 346 factors.
Neeru produced India’s greatest particular person efficiency, scoring 118 out of 125 to assist the staff end forward of Kuwait and safe the silver medal. Aashima and Manisha contributed scores of 106 and 104, respectively, out of a doable 125.
Neeru additionally completed joint-top within the particular person qualifying spherical alongside Qatar’s Ray Bassil. She will compete within the particular person remaining in a while Tuesday.
The silver medal marks India’s podium end within the ladies’s entice staff occasion on the ongoing Asian Games in Japan.
In archery, India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan superior to the lads’s recurve particular person quarterfinals after successful their respective Round of 16 matches. Earlier, within the Round of 32, Dhiraj defeated the Philippines’ Girvin Garcia 6-0, whereas Neeraj overcame Indonesia’s Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla 6-4. In the Round of 16, Dhiraj defeated Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Hsiang-Hui 6-2, whereas Neeraj beat South Korea’s Kim Je-deok 6-4.
In biking, Rojit Singh, David Beckham and Ronaldo Singh completed seventh amongst eight groups in males’s staff dash qualification, whereas Celestina, Sarita Kumari and Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka completed sixth and final within the ladies’s occasion. In kurash, Vipin Kumar misplaced 0-3 to South Korea’s Hoon Hyeon-su within the males’s 66kg Round of 16, whereas surfer Kishore Kumar Anbarasu was defeated 5.37-8.53 by the Philippines’ Toby Espejon within the males’s shortboard quarterfinal.
India accomplished a clear sweep over Iran of their remaining ladies’s squash pool match, successful 3-0. Tanvi Khanna secured a walkover after Narges Soltani retired within the opening sport, earlier than Anahat Singh beat Fereshteh Eghtedari 3-0 (11-5, 11-4, 11-7) and Joshna Chinappa defeated Najmeh Boushehrizadeh 3-0 (11-1, 11-3, 11-9). India gained all three group matches and superior to the quarterfinals. (ANI)