India win women's 4x400m relay as Day 10 of Asian Games 2026 concludes in Aichi-Nagoya

India secured the women's 4x400m relay gold at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on September 29, clocking 3:29.69 to claim the country's first athletics gold of the Games and its sixth overall. The victory capped a busy Day 10 for Indian athletes across multiple disciplines.

The quartet of Vithya Ramraj, Prachi, MR Poovamma and Kiran Pahal combined for the relay win, while shooting produced India’s first individual gold when Neeru Dhanda set a new Asian Games record to win the women’s trap final. Dhanda also combined with Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer to take team silver in trap; India’s men’s trap team finished fifth.

In track and field beyond the relay, Gulveer Singh added bronze in the men’s 5000m to the silvers he had already won in the 1500m and 10,000m, completing a distance treble of medals. The mixed 4x100m relay team of Gurindervir Singh, Sneha, Animesh Kujur and Harita Bhadra claimed bronze, Pooja Singh cleared 1.84m for bronze in the women’s high jump, and India’s men’s 4x400m quartet also took bronze.

Boxing provided further progress for India’s medal hopes as Ankush Panghal beat world champion Fazliddin Erkinboev 4-1 and Parveen Hooda defeated her Chinese opponent 5-0 to reach the finals. The Indian contingent also recorded positive results in tennis, squash and archery during the day.

Across other sports on Day 10, kurash golds went to South Korea’s Kim Minyeong in the women’s +87kg and Iran’s Vahid Bimanlu in the men’s -66kg. China swept both diving golds with Chen Yuxi winning the women’s 10m platform and Wang Zongyuan taking the men’s 3m springboard; Lu Wei and Zheng Jiuyuan claimed silver and North Korea’s Jo Jin Mi and Japan’s Sakai Sho won bronze in the respective events.

Badminton titles were won by China’s Jiang Zhen Bang and Wei Yaxin in mixed doubles, South Korea’s Lee Sohee and Baek Hana in women’s doubles, An Seyoung in women’s singles and Kunlavut Vitidsarn in men’s singles, while China’s Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang took men’s doubles. In cycling, China won both team sprint events with Japan and Malaysia taking men’s and women’s silver respectively; Japan beat South Korea for men’s handball bronze and Bahrain defeated Qatar for the men’s handball gold. Vietnam won women’s doubles sepak takraw and Thailand secured the men’s regu title.

In men’s trap, Kuwait’s Khaled Al Mudhaf won gold, Chinese Taipei’s Yang Kun-pi took silver and China’s Qi Ying bronze. Weightlifting golds on Day 10 went to Iran’s Ali Davoudi (men’s +110kg), China’s Wu Yan (women’s 86kg), Uzbekistan’s Akbar Djurayev (men’s 110kg) and China’s Li Wenwen (women’s +86kg). Athletics golds were claimed by the Philippines’ Ernest John Obiena in pole vault, China’s Zhang Jie in hammer throw, China’s Wu Hongjiao in the women’s 800m and Japan’s Ko Ochiai in the men’s 800m.

The medal table after Day 10 remained led by China on 254 medals, comprising 143 gold, 62 silver and 49 bronze. Japan and South Korea held their positions, Uzbekistan moved up to fourth with 44 medals, Thailand and Bahrain occupied fifth and sixth, and Kazakhstan slipped to eighth despite increasing its total to 48 medals. India rose from 12th to 10th place, taking its overall count to 52 medals — six gold, 21 silver and 25 bronze — an increase of seven medals from Day 9 that included two golds.

The tenth day of the Aichi-Nagoya Games concluded competitions in athletics, badminton, handball, kurash and weightlifting, with the overall standings showing China at the top of the medal table after Day 10.