India produce six golds on penultimate day to move into top five at Asian Games

02 Oct 2026, 08:00 pm IST|
India produce six golds on penultimate day to move into top five at Asian Games
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India produced six gold medals at the Asian Games on Friday, the penultimate day of the event.

The women's hockey team, three boxers, archers and wrestler Sujeet Kalkal led a late surge that took the country into the top five of the medal table.

India moved to fifth place with 76 medals — 16 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze. India have more medals than fourth-placed Uzbekistan, who have 65, but trail them by four gold medals.

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