Asian Games 2026 Day 3, 21 September, Games, Indian Winners

Asian Games 2026 Day 3 was held on 21 September 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya. India competed across shooting, mixed martial arts, hockey, kabaddi, badminton, table tennis, swimming, wushu, soft tennis and sepaktakraw. Shooting produced three medals for India. Suchika Tariyal added a historic MMA bronze. Team events also recorded important wins across hockey, kabaddi, badminton and table tennis.

Asian Games 2026 Day 3

Asian Games 2026 Day 3 featured a wide Indian schedule from early morning finals to team competitions and qualification rounds. The day brought four medals for India. Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane won silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event. Himanshu Dhillon won individual silver. Rudrankksh Patil secured individual bronze. Suchika Tariyal won bronze in women’s Traditional 60kg MMA. India also recorded strong results in hockey, kabaddi, badminton and table tennis.

Asian Games 2026 Day 3 Schedule

The Asian Games 2026 Day 3 Schedule covered several Indian athletes and teams across venues in Aichi-Nagoya, with events beginning at 5:30 AM IST.

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Asian Games 2026 Day 3 Games

Asian Games 2026 Day 3 produced four Indian medals and several important team results across the continental multi sport competition.

Esports

• eFootball Group F: India vs Uzbekistan: Chinmay Sahoo and Shakeel Danial Patel opened India’s eFootball campaign with a 0-0 draw against Uzbekistan. India’s next group match was scheduled against Mongolia at 2 PM.

Badminton

• Women’s Team Quarter final: India vs Japan: India lost 3-1 to Japan and exited the women’s team competition. PV Sindhu, Unnati Hooda and Tanvi Sharma lost their singles matches, while Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand won doubles.

Soft Tennis

• Men’s Singles Group C: Aryan Thakur: Aryan Thakur defeated Mongolia’s Bold-erdene Altangerel by winning all four sets.
• Men’s Singles Group D: Jay Meena: Jay Meena defeated Pakistan’s Hussain Arain. The result took him into the knockout stage.
• Women’s Singles Group D: Aadhya Tiwari: Aadhya Tiwari lost to Thailand’s Alisha Ziegler. She needed a victory against Pakistan’s Kainaat Shallwani in her next match to remain in contention.

Shooting

• Men’s 10m Air Rifle Team: Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Rakesh Mane won the silver medal for India in the team event.
• Men’s 10m Air Rifle Individual: Himanshu Dhillon won silver, while Rudrankksh Patil secured bronze for India in the individual final.
• Shooting Medal Contribution: India added three medals through shooting on Day 3, with the men’s 10m air rifle events providing the main medal haul.
• Skeet Events: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan competed in the men’s skeet event. Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan competed in women’s skeet.

Mixed Martial Arts

• Suchika Tariyal: India’s Suchika Tariyal secured bronze in the women’s Traditional 60kg category after her semifinal bout against Teo Hui Hoon of Singapore.
• Historic Medal: Suchika Tariyal won India’s first Asian Games medal in mixed martial arts. The bronze came on Asian Games 2026 Day 3 in Aichi-Nagoya.

Kabaddi

• Men’s Team: India defeated South Korea in the men’s Group A match. The result gave the defending champions another strong performance in the competition.

Table Tennis

• Women’s Team: India defeated Thailand and will face Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the Quarter Finals.

Sepaktakraw

• Men’s Regu: India lost 3-0 to Malaysia in the men’s regu event. It was India’s second Group B defeat after the team had earlier lost 2-1 to Japan.
• Group Position: India’s men’s regu team had one remaining group match against the Philippines after the defeats against Japan and Malaysia.

Swimming

• Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay: India qualifies for the finals after finishing at the position of 7th out of 16.

Wushu

• Women’s Nanquan: Hanjabam Langlentombi Devi finished ninth in the women’s nanquan final with a score of 9.403.

Soft Tennis

• Mixed Doubles: Jay Meena and Aadhya Tiwari competed in Group B. Their schedule included matches against pairs from Cambodia, Mongolia and South Korea.
• Jay Meena: India’s Jay Meena defeated Pakistan’s Hussain Arain 4-0 in the men’s singles Group D match. The result took him into the knockout stage.
• Aadhya Tiwari: Aadhya Tiwari lost 4-1 to Thailand’s Alisha Ziegler in her women’s singles Group D opener. She needed a win against Pakistan’s Kainaat Shallwani to remain in contention.

Equestrian

• Team Dressage Standings: India finished seventh in the team standings with 112.40 points. Arjan Singh Nagra scored 61.80, Ashish Limaye scored 64.47 and Fouaad Mirza recorded 61.33.

Boxing

• Women’s 51kg: Sakshi Chaudhary: Sakshi Chaudhary defeated Olympic bronze medallist Aira Villegas of the Philippines. She advanced to face Kazakhstan’s world champion Alua Balkibekova.

Karate

• Men’s 84kg Kumite: Chetan Bhatt: Chetan Bhatt missed a bronze medal after losing to Chinese Taipei’s Chung Meng-yu by Senshu. He had earlier lost his semifinal 8-0 to Jordan’s Mohammad Alja’Fari.

Asian Games 2026 Day 3 Medals

• India’s Shooting Medals: India’s Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane won silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event with 1890.1 points. Himanshu later won individual silver and Rudrankksh won bronze.
• Mixed Martial Arts Medal: Suchika Tariyal won bronze in the women’s Traditional  60kg division after losing her semifinal 0-2 to Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon. The medal was India’s first Asian Games medal in mixed martial arts.
• Day 3 Significance: Asian Games 2026 Day 3 combined four Indian medals with several knockout and qualification results. Shooting produced the main medal haul, while cricket, kabaddi, badminton, table tennis and boxing featured major team and individual contests.