Asian Games 2026 Day 12: India secure silvers in wrestling and sailing, medal table updated
India’s athletes added medals in wrestling, archery and sailing on Day 12 of the Asian Games 2026 on October 1, but multiple Indian challengers finished short of gold across several events.
Nitesh Siwach took silver in the men’s 97kg Greco-Roman wrestling final, losing 4-0 to Japan’s Yuri Nakazato, while Prince Kurisinkal and Manu Francis earned silver in the men’s skiff in sailing, finishing with 23 points from nine races after one victory and three second-place finishes; the report notes sailing medals have not been added to the official tally yet. Both Indian squash teams claimed bronze following 1-2 semi-final defeats — the women lost to Hong Kong with Anahat Singh winning her first two games before Sin Yuk Chan rallied, and the men fell to Malaysia after Abhay Singh was beaten by individual-event champion Eain Yow Ng. Ganesh Thirumuru won bronze in the men’s individual compound in archery after a semi-final loss to South Korea’s Kim Jhongo, the men’s hockey team scored a late winner to reach the final against Pakistan, and the men’s cricket team beat Sri Lanka by 124 runs to advance to the final. Judo, canoe slalom, volleyball and rugby sevens all ended in defeat for India’s remaining contenders, while India’s golf teams were placed third (women) and fifth (men) after the second round.
In archery’s gold-medal matches, South Korea’s Kim Jongho defeated Chinese Taipei’s Chang Cheng-Wei to win the men’s compound individual title, and Indonesia’s Ashrifah Nurisa Dian defeated the Philippines’ Cojuangco Amaya Amparo to claim the women’s title.
Canoe slalom titles went to China’s Zhang Zhicheng in the men’s canoe single and Japan’s Ito Kurumi in the women’s kayak single; the United Arab Emirates won both jiu-jitsu finals with Balqees Abdulla taking the women’s -48kg and Ahmed Andez the men’s -69kg. Saudi Arabia finished first in equestrian jumping team ahead of the United Arab Emirates and Japan.
On the track and mats, Japan’s Kaiya Ota won the men’s sprint in track cycling with Malaysia’s Mohd Azizulhasni Awang taking bronze; Japan also won the women’s madison ahead of Hong Kong and China, and China’s Junjie Wu topped the men’s omnium. Judo gold medals were claimed by Japan’s Rin Maeda (women’s -70kg), South Korea’s Mimi Hu (women’s -57kg) and Japan’s Narumi Tanioka (women’s -63kg), while Japan’s Kazbek Naguchev and Sota Fujiwara won the men’s -73kg and -81kg titles respectively.
In shooting, South Korea’s Gunhyeok Lee won the men’s 25m rapid-fire pistol individual event while South Korea also claimed the team title ahead of China and Indonesia. China’s Shoung Chu won the men’s speed climbing title ahead of Iran’s Reza Ali Pour Shenazandi Fard and Kazakhstan’s Damir Toktarov, and South Korea’s Haeun Jung defeated the Philippines’ Juliana Mykhail Candelaria in the taekwondo women’s individual poomsae final.
China continued to lead the overall medal standings with 288 medals — 154 gold, 71 silver and 63 bronze — and Japan surpassed the 200-medal mark; the Republic of Korea remained third with 113 medals, Uzbekistan fourth with 56, followed by Iran and Thailand. India sat eighth with 64 medals (10 gold, 22 silver and 32 bronze); the Indian contingent added five medals to its tally, including two silver and three bronze, and maintained its position ahead of Kazakhstan.
The standings are expected to change on Friday, with several boxing and wrestling events scheduled to take place.