Asian Games 2026: Neeru-Kynan qualify for combined lure group remaining

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], September 30 (ANI): Indian lure capturing Asian Games gold medalist Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Cheani marched into the ultimate of the combined lure group occasion on the ongoing Asian Games 2026 in Japan on Wednesday. 

Neeru and Kynan certified for the four-team title conflict with a complete of 136, ending behind China, Qatar and Iran. The title conflict is about for 11 AM IST, as per ESPN. 

Neeru produced a dominant efficiency to win the ladies’s particular person lure gold medal on the Asian Games 2026 on Tuesday, securing India’s fifth gold of the Aichi-Nagoya Games after topping each qualification and the ultimate.

Neeru maintained her composure in wet situations to complete on prime of the eight-shooter remaining with a rating of 26, based on ESPN. China’s Sun Yunong and Kuwait’s Hajar Abdulmalik completed with 21 factors every, whereas Qatar’s Ray Bassil took fourth place with 16 factors.

Neeru’s historic gold medal win marked a landmark second for Indian capturing as she turned the nation’s first girl to win a person Asian Games gold in lure capturing. She additionally set an Asian file on her Games debut in qualification, lacking simply two pictures out of 30 to complete with 28.

Earlier on Tuesday, Neeru had additionally received silver alongside Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer within the girls’s lure group occasion. India completed with 328 factors, behind gold medallists China (346), whereas Kuwait took bronze with 325.

Neeru was India’s prime performer within the group occasion, scoring 118 out of 125.

Earlier,  Indian archers have been completely medical within the title conflict towards China, beating them 238-234. India maintained their lead proper from the primary rotation, giving Jyothi Surekha Vennam her fourth Asian Games gold and a primary Asiad gold medal to Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep.

This is India’s seventh gold on the Asian Games and takes the tally to 53 medals, together with 21 silvers and 25 bronze medals. They equalled South Korea’s world file of 238, set in 2014, to safe the gold. (ANI)