Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 26 (ANI): Indian squash pair Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar settled for the bronze medal within the blended doubles occasion on the Asian Games 2026 after an exhilarating three-game defeat towards Hong Kong’s Lee Ka Yi and Tang Ming Hong within the semi-final on Saturday.
The Indian duo went down 10-11, 11-2, 10-11 in a intently fought contest and settled for the bronze medal. The opening recreation noticed each pairs engaged in lengthy rallies, with neither facet capable of construct a major lead. Joshna and Velavan fought arduous to remain degree, however the Hong Kong pair edged forward within the closing levels to take the sport 11-10.
The Indian pair bounced again strongly within the second recreation, producing an attacking show to dominate the proceedings. They raced to a 3-0 lead and prolonged it to 7-2 earlier than profitable the sport 11-2 to drive a decider.
In the ultimate recreation, Lee and Tang began strongly to take a 5-2 lead, however Joshna and Velavan fought again to degree the rating at 6-6. The Indian pair continued their momentum and moved forward 10-7, needing only one level to shut out the match.
However, the Hong Kong pair staged a late comeback, profitable 4 consecutive factors to clinch the decider 11-10 and safe a spot within the remaining. With the semifinal defeat, Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar completed with a bronze medal within the blended doubles squash occasion on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
Meanwhile, India’s Sawan Barwal scripted historical past by profitable the silver medal within the males’s marathon with a nationwide report time of two:11:37.
In taking pictures, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod secured silver within the girls’s 50m rifle 3 positions workforce occasion. Tilottama completed third with 590 factors and Vidarsa sixth with 588 factors to qualify for the person remaining.
In archery, India completed second within the girls’s compound workforce qualification occasion, with Chikitha Taniparthi (705), Jyothi Surekha Vennam (699) and Prithika Pradeep (695) combining for 2099 factors.
In males’s recurve workforce qualification, Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge completed third with a rating of 2039, with Dhiraj topping the person qualification rankings with 698 factors, setting an Asian and nationwide report.
In athletics, Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad continued their decathlon marketing campaign. Tejaswin completed first within the lengthy bounce with 7.53m and Thowfeeq third with 7.37m, inserting second and fourth respectively within the general standings. In the shot put occasion, Tejaswin completed fifth with 13.16m (677 factors), whereas Thowfeeq stood tenth with 10.76m (531 factors). Tejaswin moved to 3rd general with 2484 factors, whereas Thowfeeq was ninth with 2290 factors.
Sprinter Animesh Kujur superior to the boys’s 200m semifinals after profitable his warmth with a timing of 21.10 seconds.
In canoe dash, Harshwardhan Shaktawat superior to Final B after ending fifth within the males’s kayak single 500m semifinal. Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar certified for Final A after ending second within the blended kayak double 500m semifinal, whereas Raju Rawat and Neha Devi Leichonbam completed eighth within the blended canoe double 500m remaining.
In fencing, India’s girls’s foil workforce defeated Indonesia 45-24 and males’s sabre workforce beat Philippines 45-27 to succeed in the quarter-finals. However, the boys’s sabre workforce misplaced 25-45 to South Korea, whereas the ladies’s foil workforce went down 14-41 towards Japan within the quarter-finals.
In badminton, Lakshya Sen exited the boys’s singles competitors after shedding to Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew 12-21, 21-15, 14-21 within the second spherical.
In desk tennis, Yashaswini Ghorpade misplaced to Japan’s Miwa Harimoto in girls’s singles spherical 3, whereas esports participant Paritosh suffered a 0-5 defeat towards Dongshin Kang within the Puyo Puyo Champions quarter-final. (ANI)