Asian Games 2026 Day 13: India win six golds in Aichi-Nagoya; updated standings after Oct 2

India won six gold medals at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on October 2, the country’s best single day at Asian Games 2026. Those six golds were part of a 10-medal haul for India on Day 13.

Sujeet Kalkal was the standout Indian performer, defeating Olympic champion Kotaro Kiyooka in the men’s freestyle 65kg semi-final before coming from behind to beat Tajikistan’s Abdulmazhid Kudiev in the final. Boxing produced a trio of golds as Lovlina Borgohain beat China’s Ziyi Bao 5-0 on her birthday, Parveen Hooda edged Taiwan’s Nien-chin Chen 3-2, and Ankush Panghal defeated South Korea’s Minseong Kim 4-0. The Indian women’s hockey team beat defending champions China 1-0 to claim the title, and the women’s recurve archery team recovered from a 1-3 deficit to defeat South Korea 5-3.

Nethra Kumaran secured a bronze in the women’s dinghy sailing event, while the men’s sepaktakraw side took bronze after a semi-final loss to Japan. In wrestling, Sujeet’s gold stood out amid defeats for Dipanshi Phogat, Rajat Ruhal and Priya Malik, who all lost in pre-quarterfinal or quarter-final rounds. After three rounds in the women’s golf competition, India’s team sat second with Pranavi Sharath leading individually; the men’s golf team were sixth.

Across the women’s boxing events, China’s Wu Yu, Chinese Taipei’s Lin Yu-ting and Thailand’s Natnicha Chongprongklang won gold, with Lin securing the women’s 60kg title. In the men’s divisions, Japan’s Rui Yamaguchi and Uzbekistan’s Abdulmalik Khalokov won the 55kg and 60kg titles respectively, while Kazakhstan’s Torekhan Sabyrkhan and Aibek Oralbay, and Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev also claimed men’s boxing gold medals.

Japan’s Yuuki Tanaka and China’s Chen Lin won the men’s and women’s kayak cross finals respectively, with China’s Quan Xin and Hu Zhaoshan joining Tanaka on the men’s podium and Chinese Taipei’s Chang Chu-han and China’s Xu Linxi taking the other women’s medals. In track cycling, China’s Yuan Liying won the women’s sprint with Japan’s Mina Sato second; Japan won the men’s Madison ahead of China and Uzbekistan, and Malaysia’s Mohd Azizulhasni Awang took the men’s keirin. Judo golds on the day went to Japan’s Riku Okada (men’s 90kg), Mizuki Sugimura (women’s 78kg) and Ryotaro Masuchi (men’s 100kg), Uzbekistan’s Turoboyev Muzzafarbek (men’s +100kg) and China’s Niu Xiran (women’s +78kg).

Japan’s Yuka Kagami won the women’s 76kg wrestling final, while taekwondo golds were claimed by China’s Jingyue Ma, Kazakhstan’s Tamirlan Tleules, Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Jaysunov and Iran’s Saghar Moradi in their respective categories. In football, Japan and North Korea contested the women’s final and South Korea defeated China 1–0 to win the bronze. South Korea also won the League of Legends gold in esports over Chinese Taipei. Tennis titles went to China’s Wang Xiyu in the women’s singles and Japan’s Yusuke Kushara and Shunsuke Nagawa in the men’s doubles, and Thailand’s Taravadee Naraphornrapat and Worapeerachayakorn Kongphopsathaworn won the women’s beach volleyball final.

China led the medal table with 162 golds, 81 silvers and 73 bronzes for a total of 316 medals, extending its lead over Japan by 76 medals with Japan on 240. Republic of Korea sat third with 134 medals and Uzbekistan retained fourth place with 65 medals. India climbed to fifth with 76 medals overall — 16 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze — while Kazakhstan were eighth with 77 medals.

With the final day of the Games remaining, India sit four gold medals behind fourth-placed Uzbekistan.