Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 2 (ANI): Indian wrestler Sujeet Kalkal stormed into the boys’s freestyle 65kg semifinal with a commanding 10-0 technical superiority win over Iran’s Abbas Ebrahimzadehsavadkouhi, whereas sailor Vishnu Saravanan narrowly missed out on a medal after ending fourth within the males’s dinghy occasion on the Asian Games 2026 on Friday. within the 65kg class, continued his spectacular marketing campaign with one other dominant efficiency, following his 13-3 technical superiority win over Afghanistan’s Sayed Omar Zazai within the spherical of 16, in accordance with ESPN.
The former U23 champion took management in opposition to Abbas from the outset, initially scoring 4 factors earlier than a profitable problem decreased the transfer to 2. Sujeet responded with two extra two-point strikes from a headlock earlier than including one other two factors by a leg assault to finish the opening interval with an 8-0 lead.
The Indian continued his aggressive method in the beginning of the second interval, securing two extra factors inside 30 seconds to finish a 10-0 victory and ebook his place within the semifinals.
Earlier within the day, Vishnu Saravanan completed fourth within the males’s dinghy crusing occasion. The veteran Indian sailor completed second in every of the ultimate two races however couldn’t break into the medal positions, with the ultimate standings decided by the typical of outcomes throughout 9 races.
India’s Day 13 had already begun with a gold medal in archery, with Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma defeating South Korea 5-3 within the ladies’s recurve crew last.
Kumkum and Dhiraj Bommadevara later received silver within the blended recurve crew occasion after shedding 3-5 to China’s Zhu Jingyi and Li Mengqi within the last. India had earlier crushed Japan 5-3 within the semifinal.
The blended crew silver additionally meant India missed out on the direct Los Angeles 2028 Olympic qualification quota connected to the occasion, with China securing the quota by profitable gold.
In different outcomes, India’s males’s volleyball crew defeated South Korea 3-1 (25-16, 25-20, 23-25, 25-23) within the classification match for fifth to eighth locations.
In canoe slalom, Pradhyumna Singh Rathod progressed to the boys’s kayak cross quarterfinal, whereas Hitesh Kewat was eradicated. Shikha Chauhan superior to the ladies’s kayak cross quarterfinal.
In monitor biking, David Beckham certified for the boys’s keirin semifinal, whereas Ronaldo Singh was eradicated within the repechage.
Kashish Malik defeated Hong Kong’s Lam Siu Wai within the blended particular person digital taekwondo spherical of 16 earlier than shedding 1-2 to Kazakhstan’s Rita Bakisheva within the quarterfinal.
India additionally suffered setbacks in wrestling, with Dipanshi shedding to Japan’s Yui Susaki within the ladies’s 50kg spherical of 16, Rajat Ruhal happening to Kazakhstan’s Yedige Kassimbek within the males’s freestyle 125kg spherical of 16 and Priya shedding by fall to reigning Asian Games champion Kyzy Medet of Kyrgyzstan within the ladies’s 76kg spherical of 16.
India additionally misplaced to Thailand within the ladies’s sepaktakraw quadrant group match.
India’s total medal tally stood at 68 — 11 gold, 24 silver and 33 bronze — with the nation seventh on the medal desk on the time of writing. (ANI)