Asian Games Day 5: India collect five medals in Aichi-Nagoya; no gold on Thursday

India added five medals on Day 5 of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Thursday, September 24, 2026, across athletics, shooting, wushu and rowing. There were no gold medals on the day; silver honours came from the mixed 4x400m relay and Roshibina Devi, while Seema Kumari and two Indian pairs took bronze.

Athletics supplied one of the medals when Seema Kumari won bronze in the women's 10,000m, and the track produced silver when the mixed 4x400m quartet finished second. Roshibina Devi secured silver in the women's Sanda 60kg final, and bronzes were claimed in shooting and rowing. Several Indian athletes in other sports progressed into later rounds on Day 5.

India’s five medallists on Thursday were Seema Kumari (women's 10,000m bronze), the mixed 4x400m relay team of TS Manu, MR Poovamma, Vishal TK and Vithya Ramraj (silver), Roshibina Devi (women's Sanda 60kg silver), Anantjeet Singh Naruka-Parinaaz Dhaliwal (mixed team skeet bronze) and rowers Satnam Singh and Salman Khan (men's double sculls bronze). The mixed 4x400m time was 3:14.46. No other medals were recorded for India on the day.

The mixed 4x400m result was initially listed as unofficial after a protest from the UAE, but UAE’s disqualification was later confirmed and India’s silver was made official. Bahrain won the gold in the mixed 4x400m in a Games-record 3:12.87, finishing ahead of the Indian quartet.

In other athletics action, Animesh Kujur reached the men's 100m semifinals after finishing third in his heat in 10.36 seconds, while national record holder Gurindervir Singh finished second in his heat in 10.38 seconds; both will return for the semifinals on Friday. Asha Ilango finished fourth in the women's triple jump after matching China's Yi Li with a best of 13.83m but losing the countback on the second-best jump. Thailand's Puripol Boonson was the fastest qualifier from the men's 100m heats, winning in 9.95 seconds.

India’s men’s hockey team beat South Korea 8-2 in Pool A for a third straight victory, following 13-1 and 16-1 wins over Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Dilpreet Singh scored a hat-trick, with Shilanand Lakra, Harmanpreet Singh, Abhishek and Rajinder Singh also on the scoresheet; the defending champions remain top of the pool and will face hosts Japan on Saturday. The team struggled with penalty-corner conversions, missing four consecutive opportunities before Rajinder converted one in the final seconds.

Both Indian kabaddi teams finished Group A unbeaten and advanced to the semifinals. The men's side defeated Chinese Taipei 37-21 to finish Group A with four wins from four after earlier victories over South Korea, Japan and Bangladesh, securing at least a bronze in their bid to retain the Asian Games title. The women's team beat hosts Japan 50-25, led 32-13 at half-time, and completed an unbeaten Group A campaign after earlier wins over Bangladesh and Iran; both teams will play their semifinals on September 25.

Indian squash players Anahat Singh, Tanvi Khanna, Abhay Singh and Veer Chotrani reached the singles quarterfinals, with Anahat beating Singapore's Wai Iynn Au Yeong 3-0 and Tanvi defeating Wai Yhann Au Yeong 3-1. Abhay beat Sri Lanka's Ravindu Laksiri 3-0, while Veer prevailed in five games against Malaysia's Sanjay Jeeva. Veteran Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar advanced to the mixed doubles quarterfinals after beating Shameena Riaz and Suraj Chand and will face the Philippines' David Pelino and Jemyca Aribado on Friday.

In table tennis, the women's doubles pairs of Diya Chitale-Yashaswini Ghorpade and Sreeja Akula-Syndrela Das both advanced from the Round of 32 with 3-0 wins—Diya and Yashaswini over Iran's Iloukhani Setayesh-Ashtari Mahshid and Sreeja and Syndrela over Mongolia's Sanjaa Burenjargal-Batmunkh Bolor-erdene. Manush Shah progressed in men's singles after beating Malaysia's Wong Qi Shen. In boxing, Parveen moved into the women's 65kg Round of 16 after Nozimova Malika conceded a walkover; in esports, Paritosh advanced to the Puyo Puyo Champions quarterfinals. In swimming, Rohit Benedicton finished 12th in the men's 50m butterfly heats and was placed in the reserves for the final.

India ended Day 5 without a gold but with five additions to the medal tally and multiple athletes advancing in individual and team events. Key upcoming action includes the men's 100m semifinals on Friday and both kabaddi semifinals on September 25.