Asian Games 2026: India wins five more medals on Day 5 in Aichi-Nagoya
India added five medals at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Thursday, September 24, lifting its overall haul to 17 medals — one gold, seven silvers and nine bronzes. The day’s haul comprised two silver medals and three bronzes, while the women’s cricket team remained India’s sole gold-medal winner.
India’s first podium finish on Day 5 came in rowing, where Satnam Singh and Salman Khan claimed bronze in the men’s double sculls with a time of 6:13.25. Balraj Panwar placed fourth in the men’s single sculls, and India’s lightweight men’s double sculls pair also finished fourth. In wushu, Roshibina Devi took silver in the women’s 60kg Sanda after a 0-2 defeat to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu; the medal was described in the report as her third successive Asian Games medal following bronze at Jakarta 2018 and silver at Hangzhou 2022, making her the first Indian woman to win medals at three consecutive Asian Games editions in wushu.
Shooting produced mixed results: the men’s 10m air pistol team of Kamaljeet, Aakash Bharadwaj and Kedarling Uchaganve finished fourth, with none of the trio advancing to the individual final. India returned to the podium in skeet mixed team, where Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal secured a bronze medal.
Athletics supplied two medals later in the day as Seema won bronze in the women’s 10,000m in 32:50.05, described in the report as ending India’s 16-year wait for a medal in the event. The mixed 4x400m relay team — Vishal Thennarasu, Vithya Ramraj, Manu Saji and MR Poovamma — finished second in 3:14.46, with Bahrain taking gold in a Games Record 3:12.87 and Vietnam third. Asha Ilango finished fourth in the women’s triple jump with 13.83m, equal to China’s Li Yi but behind on countback, and Animesh Kujur (10.36s) and Gurindervir Singh (10.38s) advanced to the men’s 100m semi-finals.
India’s kabaddi sides advanced: the men beat Chinese Taipei 37-21 and the women defeated Japan 50-25, with both teams assured of at least a bronze. The men’s hockey team beat South Korea 8-2 in Pool A for a third consecutive win, while squash players Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani progressed to the singles quarter-finals. In table tennis, the women’s doubles pairing advanced and Manush Shah won his men’s singles opener 4-0. In boxing, Parveen Hooda advanced via walkover while Sakshi Chaudhary and Sumit Kundu were eliminated; Pranati Nayak finished sixth in the women’s vault final and India’s men’s 4x100m freestyle relay placed 12th and missed the final.
After Day 5 India sits 15th in the overall medal standings, with shooting accounting for eight of the nation’s medals and the remainder coming from cricket, weightlifting, MMA, soft tennis, badminton, wushu, rowing and athletics.
India faces multiple medal opportunities on Day 6, with Gulveer Singh scheduled for the men’s 10,000m final; Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar in the women’s shot put final; Sindhushree Ganesha and Baranica Elangovan in the women’s pole vault final; Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar in the men’s hammer throw final; and Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh in the men’s 100m semi-finals. The heptathlon will conclude for Anamika and Pooja, shooting contests include the 10m air pistol mixed team and men’s 50m rifle 3P with Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh named for the mixed air pistol event, Nirupama Devi will compete in weightlifting’s women’s 61kg, both kabaddi teams play semi-finals, and individual badminton events begin.
