Asian Games 2026 Day 5: India win five medals as China extends lead (September 24)
On September 24, Day 5 of the Asian Games 2026 in Japan, India collected five medals — two silvers and three bronzes — across multiple disciplines, moving its total to 17 medals including one gold.
The morning session produced three of India's podiums: Satnam Singh and Salman Khan took bronze in the men's double sculls, Naorem Roshibina Devi claimed silver in the women's 60kg wushu sanda final, and shooters Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal earned bronze in the mixed team skeet, finishing just behind South Korea.
The evening brought two more medals for India as Seema finished third in the women's 10,000m and the mixed 4x400m relay quartet closed the day with silver, improving on the same event's silver finish at Hangzhou 2023. Bahrain's Winfred Yavi won the women's 10,000m in 32:39.18 with Japan's Nozomi Tanaka second and Seema third.
Team results and elimination notes saw India's men's hockey side defeat South Korea 8-2, both kabaddi teams advance to the semi-finals with the men beating Chinese Taipei 37-21, and Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna progress to the squash quarter-finals, guaranteeing at least one medal in that discipline. Boxer Sakshi Chaudhary exited after a 3-2 loss to reigning world champion Alua Balkibekova, and fencer Bhavani Devi was eliminated in the individual sabre round of 16 by China's Rao Xueyi.
Several non-Indian finals produced notable winners: Uzbekistan's Sharifa Davronova won the women's triple jump with a personal-best 14.35m ahead of China's Huang Yingying; Japan upset China 3-2 to take men's team table tennis gold while China's women's side won their final by a one-sided margin; Wu Qingfeng shattered the Games record to win the women's 50m freestyle; Bahrain's Michel Arkhangelskiy took the men's 50m butterfly; and Japan's Kato Kotomi topped the women's 200m breaststroke. In badminton, Indonesia staged a comeback from 0-2 to defeat China for the men's team gold, and China's women's team beat Japan 3-0.
China's squad strength was further reinforced by Zhang Xiaoyu's victory over Roshibina in the sanda final, contributing to a reshuffle in the standings: China has built a lead in gold medals roughly four times the size of second-placed Japan's tally, South Korea and Kazakhstan remain inside the top four, Uzbekistan has moved into fifth following strong performances in combat sports, and Iran has risen ahead of Thailand to sixth place. India sits 15th on the table with a total of 17 medals — 1 Gold, 7 Silvers, 9 Bronzes.
China continues to lead the overall medal table and has breached the 100-medal mark; Japan is on 91 total medals and looks set to reach triple digits, while South Korea sits third on 50 medals.
