India win seven medals on Day 11 at Aichi‑Nagoya Asian Games 2026
India added seven medals at the Aichi‑Nagoya Asian Games 2026 on Wednesday, September 30, securing three archery golds, one shooting gold and three bronze medals in boxing and wrestling. The haul included a clean sweep of the compound team events in archery and a new Asian Games record in mixed trap shooting.
The day began with the women’s compound team of Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep beating China 238-234 in the final to retain the Asian Games title and match the world record. Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav then won the mixed compound team gold after a 157-157 final against South Korea that India took 20-19 in the shoot-off. The men’s compound team of Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru and Kushal Dalal completed the set by winning the men’s team gold.
In shooting, Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai captured gold in the mixed trap team with a score of 34, a new Asian Games record; the victory was Neeru Dhanda’s second gold and her third overall medal at the Games.
Boxing yielded two bronze medals after Priya Ghanghas lost 1-4 to China’s Yang Chengyu in the women’s 60kg semi-final and Kapil Pokhariya was beaten 1-4 by Uzbekistan’s Turabek Khabibullaev in the men’s 90kg semi-final. Lovlina Borgohain defeated Kazakhstan’s Natalya Bogdanova 3-2 to reach the women’s 75kg final.
Wrestling added a bronze when Sunil Kumar, having lost his semi-final in men’s Greco-Roman 87kg, defeated the Philippines’ Callum Johnston Roberts in the bronze-medal bout. Nisha Dahiya’s run in the women’s 68kg freestyle ended after a 2-4 loss to DPR Korea’s Pak Sol Gum in the Round of 16 and defeat in the repechage. India also featured in track cycling, canoe slalom, judo, sailing, golf, sepaktakraw, sport climbing and esports, with Pradhyumna Singh Rathod advancing to the men’s kayak single final and Asmita Dey competing in the women’s 48kg judo event while Indian golfers began their competitions.
Both Indian squash teams secured at least bronze by reaching the semi-finals after 2-0 quarter-final wins — the women over Singapore and the men over Kuwait. The women’s hockey team beat South Korea 2-0 in the semi-final to confirm at least a silver medal by reaching the final. In tennis, Sumit Nagal progressed to the men’s singles quarter-finals with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Uzbekistan’s Sergey Fomin, while both Indian men’s doubles pairs — Anirudh Chandrasekar-N Sriram Balaji and Yuki Bhambri-Dhakshineswar Suresh — lost in the quarter-finals; Dhakshineswar Suresh had earlier exited the men’s singles.
India’s official medal tally after Day 11 stands at 60 medals: 10 gold, 21 silver and 29 bronze. Athletics remains the largest contributor with 24 medals (one gold, nine silver and 14 bronze), and shooting has provided multiple golds and podium finishes for the Indian team.
India faces a busy schedule on Thursday, October 1, with medal opportunities across archery, shooting, wrestling, cycling, judo, sport climbing and taekwondo; Anish Bhanwala is entered in the men’s 25m rapid fire pistol. Confirmed knockout fixtures that day include the men’s hockey semi-final against Pakistan and the men’s cricket semi-final against Sri Lanka, while both squash teams contest their respective semi-finals and Sumit Nagal continues in men’s singles.
