India climb to eighth with 10 golds after compound archery sweep at Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya
India rose to eighth in the Asian Games medal standings with 10 gold medals after a clean sweep in compound archery on Day 11, capped by Mixed Compound team gold for Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on September 30, 2026. The victory formed part of a productive day for India across multiple disciplines at the Games.
President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) congratulated Indian athletes who won gold and bronze medals at the Asian Games 2026, praising their precision, teamwork, determination and grit. Earlier on the day, Kynan Darius Chenai and Neeru Dhanda staged a comeback to beat Qatar and claim gold in the trap mixed team event, finishing with an Asian-record score of 34 to secure India’s third gold of the day. The Indian men’s hockey team has scored 49 goals so far in the tournament and is scheduled to meet Pakistan in a semifinal in Gifu on Thursday, October 1, 2026.
Mixed Compound Archery Team members Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav won the gold medal at the Asian Games at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on September 30, 2026, a result captured in a photograph credited to R V Moorthy. The compound sweep across the men’s, women’s and mixed events contributed directly to India’s eighth-place rise in the medals table and the tally of 10 golds. Indian archers remain active in individual compound events as they seek further podium finishes.
Chikitha Taniparthi added to her haul at the Games to become a double-gold medallist, a development that has brought her into national focus. The report describes Chikitha as an extremely shy compound archer and notes her background as coming from a modest farming family in Peddapalli, Telangana; it also characterises her as a stranger to stardom and the sprinkling of opulence that sporting achievements usually carry in India. The article includes the line "Chikitha Taniparthi’s journey from a Telangana farmer’s daughter to a double-gold archer at the 2026 Asian Games."
In trap shooting, Kynan Darius Chenai and Neeru Dhanda’s comeback against Qatar produced the Asian-record aggregate of 34, securing the mixed team gold for India and marking the nation’s third gold on the same day. That result was listed among India’s notable successes on Day 11 and contributed to the broader medal momentum referenced by officials. Details of match scores or opponents beyond Qatar were not provided in the source material.
The schedule for the immediate sessions lists the Indian men’s team facing Sri Lanka in a semifinal encounter starting at 10:00 a.m. IST today, and Chikitha Taniparthi set to meet Nurisa Dian Ashrifah in the Women’s Compound Individual quarterfinal at 5:30 a.m. Additional medal attempts by Indian archers in individual compound events were noted as ongoing objectives for the squad.
India’s men’s hockey team, having scored 49 goals so far in the competition, will confront Pakistan in a semifinal in Gifu on October 1, 2026, an encounter described as the side’s first major test in the tournament. The coming fixtures for archery, trap shooting and hockey will determine whether India can build on the Day 11 medal haul and improve its standing further in the Asian Games.
