Asian Games 2026: India rises to eighth with 10 golds after golden sweep in Compound Archery on Day 11

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 30 (ANI): India climbed to eighth place within the Asian Games medal standings on Wednesday after reaching the 10-gold mark, with an excellent day for the compound archers and one other gold medal in taking pictures serving to the nation make a major rise within the desk.

 India’s general medal tally now stands at 60, comprising 10 gold, 21 silver and 29 bronze medals. 

The nation loved a golden run in compound archery, securing the highest prize in all three group occasions. Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai added one other gold within the combined group lure occasion, whereas three bronze medals in boxing and Sunil Kumar’s bronze in wrestling additional boosted India’s general tally.

The 4 gold medals gained on Wednesday helped India transfer up two locations to eighth within the standings. Bahrain occupy seventh place with 11 gold medals, whereas Kazakhstan are ninth with 56 medals, together with 9 golds.

China proceed to dominate the medal desk with 275 medals, together with 150 gold, 66 silver and 59 bronze. Japan are second with 199 medals, whereas South Korea sits third with 102 medals.

Compound archery proved to be the spotlight of India’s marketing campaign on Wednesday, with the nation finishing a clear sweep of all three group gold medals.

Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep opened the gold rush within the ladies’s group occasion, defeating China’s Wunier, Yue Wang and Fangyao Wei 238-234.

The Indian trio additionally equalled the world file with their rating whereas efficiently defending the Asian Games title. The hero of the ultimate was undoubtedly Jadhav, who completed with a 100 per cent file of hitting 10s. 

Kushal Dalal and Ganesh Mani Ratnam additionally did a wonderful job.

Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav then secured the combined group gold after edging South Korea’s Jungyoon Park and Choi Eun Gyu in an exhilarating last. The Indian pair prevailed 158-157 following a shoot-off.

The males’s group accomplished India’s compound archery sweep, with Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru defeating China’s Jiahao Liao, Jinyi Liu and Jingyu Shi 238-237 within the last.

Chikitha and Sahil ended the day with two gold medals every. Their combined group triumph additionally earned India an Olympic quota, making the nation the primary to qualify for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics compound combined group occasion, which is ready to make its Olympic debut.

At the taking pictures vary, Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai overcame a troublesome begin to clinch gold within the combined group lure occasion.

Neeru, who had earlier secured a historic ladies’s lure particular person gold, together with Kynan, had a rating of 34, going previous the Asian Games file of 30 (set by Qatar earlier this 12 months). 

The silver medal went to Qatar (32), and China (23) took house the bronze. This is India’s first-ever gold medal within the Trap Mixed Team occasion.

This is India’s ninth gold medal on the Asian Games and third on this present day. This can be India’s 56th Asian Games 2026 medal, having gained 9 golds, 21 silver medals and 26 bronze medals.

This additionally marks the fifteenth medal by India’s taking pictures contingent, having gained three golds, eight silvers and 4 bronze medals. Neeru produced a dominant efficiency to win the ladies’s particular person lure gold medal on Tuesday.

The 4 gold medals gained on Wednesday took India’s gold tally into double figures and helped the nation rise two spots to eighth within the general medal standings.

In Hockey, the Indian ladies’s hockey group defeated South Korea 2-0 within the semifinal of the Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday to e-book its place within the gold medal conflict. After a goalless first half, India broke the impasse within the forty third minute when Ishika transformed a penalty nook to place her facet forward.

India doubled its benefit 4 minutes later, within the forty seventh minute. Salima Tete performed a cross into the circle, with the ball taking a deflection off a South Korean defender’s stick earlier than discovering the again of the online.

India held on to its two-goal benefit for the rest of the competition to seal a 2-0 victory. With the win, India superior to the ultimate, the place it should face China for the gold medal. 

India added three extra bronze medals to its Asian Games tally on Wednesday, with boxers Priya and Kapil Pokhariya and wrestler Sunil Kumar ending on the rostrum of their respective occasions.

In boxing, Priya settled for bronze within the ladies’s 60kg class after dropping her semifinal bout to China’s Yang Chengyu.

Kapil Pokhariya additionally secured a bronze medal within the males’s 90kg class after struggling a semifinal defeat in opposition to Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev.

In wrestling, Sunil Kumar clinched bronze within the males’s Greco-Roman 87kg class after defeating the Philippines’ Callum Roberts within the bronze medal bout. (ANI)