Asian Games 2026: India’s medal tally reaches 30 after kabaddi gold sweep, athletics and capturing silvers on Day 7

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 26 (ANI): India loved a productive day on the Asian Games 2026, including a number of medals throughout kabaddi, athletics, capturing and squash, whereas securing berths in two squash singles finals.

India have to this point gained 30 medals on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, comprising 4 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals.

India accomplished a golden sweep in kabaddi, with each the lads’s and ladies’s groups defeating Iran of their respective finals. 

The males’s workforce produced a 40-34 victory, whereas the ladies’s facet edged previous Iran 37-34 to efficiently defend their title.

With the win, India retain their Asian Games ladies’s kabaddi crown, extending their gold medal streak and shutting out the marketing campaign with the nation’s third gold of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Games.

While within the Men’s remaining, Iran pushed larger up the mat in a remaining try to show the competition round, Aslam Inamdar responded with two worthwhile factors to maintain India firmly in management.

 As the ultimate seconds ticked away, Iran may discover no manner again, with India finishing a 40-34 victory to safe the gold medal and end their Asian Games marketing campaign unbeaten. 

In athletics, Tajinderpal Singh Toor secured the silver medal within the males’s shot put, whereas Karanveer Singh completed tenth.  

Toor completed behind Iran’s Mohammadreza Tayebise, who claimed the gold medal with a Games Record throw of 20.81 metres. The silver provides to Toor’s spectacular Asian Games file. He had gained gold medals on the 2018 Jakarta and 2022 Hangzhou editions earlier than ending second in Aichi-Nagoya.

Sawan Barwal added one other silver for India within the males’s marathon, clocking a nationwide file time of two:11:37.

Barwal created historical past on the Asian Games 2026 by successful a silver medal within the males’s marathon occasion, ending India’s 44-year anticipate a podium end within the self-discipline. 

Barwal clocked 2:11:37 to register a private greatest and set a brand new nationwide file within the males’s marathon remaining. He completed behind Japan’s Yamashita, who claimed the gold medal after pulling forward within the closing phases of the race.

India additionally secured a workforce silver within the ladies’s 50m rifle 3P occasion, with Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod combining to complete second. The Indian trio completed second with a mixed rating of 1763-90x, behind gold medallists China. 

Tilottama was India’s highest scorer with 590 factors, adopted by Vidarsa with 588 and Ashi with 585. Tilottama and Vidarsa additionally certified for the ladies’s 50m rifle 3 positions particular person remaining. 

Tilottama completed third in qualification with 590 factors, whereas Vidarsa secured sixth place with 588.  Ashi didn’t make the person remaining. 

In the ladies’s 400m remaining, Prachi claimed the bronze medal; Bahrain’s Salma Naser claimed the gold medal with a Games Record time of 49.20 seconds, whereas Iran’s Zahra Zarei Manoujan took silver after clocking 52.38 seconds. India’s Kiran completed fifth in 53.41 seconds.

Squash delivered blended outcomes, with Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar securing a bronze medal in blended doubles after shedding their semifinal to Hong Kong’s Tang Ming Hong and Lee Ka Yi.

However, India’s singles marketing campaign continued to flourish. Anahat Singh defeated Japan’s Satomi Watanabe 3-2 within the ladies’s singles semifinal to guide her place within the remaining, whereas Abhay Singh swept apart Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan 3-0 within the males’s singles semifinal to additionally advance to the gold-medal conflict.

Anahat fought again from 0-2 right down to beat the world No. 6 Japanese participant 3-2 in an exciting semifinal contest. The Indian, ranked seventeenth on this planet, misplaced the opening two video games narrowly, happening Sept. 11, 11-13 as Watanabe used her variations, tempo modifications and sharp angles successfully to place Anahat beneath strain.

With her again towards the wall, Anahat confirmed outstanding composure within the third recreation. After trailing 8-10 and saving two recreation factors, she fought again to win the sport 12-10 and saved herself alive within the contest.

The momentum then shifted utterly in Anahat’s favour as she dominated the fourth recreation, successful it 11-6 to degree the match at 2-2 and pressure a deciding recreation. In the decider, Anahat continued her attacking play and outplayed Watanabe to seal the sport 11-3, finishing a memorable comeback victory. With the win, Anahat superior to the ladies’s singles remaining, the place she’s going to compete for the gold medal.

In males’s singles, Abhay Singh booked his place within the males’s singles remaining after defeating Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan in straight video games within the semifinal. 

Abhay produced a dominant show to win 11-3, 12-10, 11-6 and sealed his spot within the gold medal match. (ANI)