India win six golds and 10 medals on Day 13 at Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya
India produced their strongest single-day showing at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday, October 2, winning six golds and a total of 10 medals. The haul came across women’s hockey, boxing, wrestling, archery and sailing.
Day 13 saw several individual and team breakthroughs for India, including a comeback gold in men’s freestyle wrestling and a historic victory in women’s recurve team archery. Lovlina Borgohain added a boxing gold on her birthday, Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal also took boxing titles, and the Indian women’s hockey side defeated China to reclaim the continental crown. The mixed and men’s recurve archery teams settled for silver, while sailing and sepaktakraw contributed bronze medals.
In men’s freestyle 65kg wrestling, Sujeet Kalkal defeated Olympic gold medallist Kotaro Kiyooka in the semifinals before facing Abdulmazhid Kudiev of Tajikistan in the final. Kudiev opened the match with a 2-9 lead in the first round, but Kalkal rallied to overturn the deficit and won the gold 10-9.
Lovlina Borgohain won the women’s 75kg boxing gold, using her height to dominate China’s Ziyi Bao across three rounds and secure India’s second gold of the day and its 12th overall; the bout concluded with a unanimous decision (5-0). Parveen Hooda followed with gold in the women’s 65kg category, defeating Nien-chin Chen of Taiwan 3-2, while Ankush Panghal captured the men’s 80kg boxing title.
The Indian women’s hockey team beat defending champions China 1-0 in the final, with Lalremsiami scoring via a reverse flick for the only goal. China had not conceded a goal earlier in the tournament, and India’s victory earned the team the gold and secured a spot in the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
In archery, the women’s recurve team of Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Anil Kumkum Mohod recovered from a 1-3 deficit to win the final 5-3, ending South Korea’s run after the Koreans had been chasing an eighth consecutive title. Dhiraj Bommadevara paired with Kumkum in the mixed team event against China and took silver, while the men’s recurve trio of Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Bhoge and Neeraj Chouhan lost to South Korea in the final as changing wind conditions affected India’s accuracy, leaving the Indian men with silver.
Other podium finishes included a bronze for Nethra Kumanan in the women’s dinghy sailing event and a bronze for the men’s quadrant team in sepaktakraw. Pranavi Sharath led at the end of day three in the women’s individual golf event and stood second in the team event, while India competed in canoe slalom and taekwondo without challenging for medals on the day.
India moved to fifth place on the overall medal table with a total of 76 medals: 16 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze.