{"id":125514,"date":"2026-10-08T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T05:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=125514"},"modified":"2026-10-09T11:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T05:34:13","slug":"india-at-asian-games-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/india-at-asian-games-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Medals at Asian Games 2026, Medal Tally, Gold, Silver, Bronze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>India\u2019s Medals at Asian Games 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have come mainly from shooting, with India winning <strong>fourteen<\/strong><\/span><b> Medals so far: Two Gold, Eight Silver and Nine Bronze<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as of 25 September 2026.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The Indian women\u2019s cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by <strong data-start=\"421\" data-end=\"433\">147 runs<\/strong> in the final to win <strong data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"506\">India\u2019s first gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India added three more bronze medals on 23 September. <strong>Mirabai Chanu<\/strong> secures her long-awaited <strong>Asian Games silver<\/strong>, completing her <strong>medal collection in weightlifting<\/strong>. <strong>Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan<\/strong> won bronze in the <strong>women\u2019s skeet team event<\/strong>, while <strong>Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan<\/strong> secured bronze in the <strong>men\u2019s skeet team event<\/strong>. <strong>Jay Meena<\/strong> also won bronze in the <strong>men\u2019s singles soft tennis event<\/strong>, securing India\u2019s first-ever Asian Games medal in the sport. With the Games continuing until 4 October, India\u2019s medal tally is expected to change as athletes compete across various sports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>India\u2019s Medals at Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has made a strong start at the <\/span><b>Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. As of <\/span><b>25 September 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India has won<strong> Nineteen<\/strong><\/span><b> medals &#8211; Two Gold, Eight Silver and Nine Bronze<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Shooting has contributed five medals, while Suchika Tariyal has added a historic bronze in mixed martial arts. The Indian women\u2019s cricket team defeated Sri Lanka in the final to win <strong data-start=\"454\" data-end=\"506\">India\u2019s first gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Total medals:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 19<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Gold:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 2<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Silver:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 8<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bronze:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 9<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Shooting:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 7 medals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mixed Martial Arts:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 1 medal<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Women&#8217;s Cricket: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1 medal<\/span><\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Soft tennis:<\/strong> 1 medal<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Weightlifting: <\/strong>1 medal<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><strong>Men&#8217;s Badminton (Team India):\u00a0<\/strong>1 medal<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The medal tally is <\/span><b>ongoing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and will change as more events are completed.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asian-games-2026-medal-tally\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>India\u2019s Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners at Asian Games 2026<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>India has won <strong>19 medals at the Asian Games 2026<\/strong>, including 2<strong> gold medal, 8 silver medals and 9 bronze medals<\/strong>. Indian athletes have earned these medals across events such as <strong data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"201\">shooting and mixed martial arts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th align=\"right\">No.<\/th>\n<th>Athlete\/Team<\/th>\n<th>Sport<\/th>\n<th>Event<\/th>\n<th>Medal<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<td>Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s 10m Air Rifle Team<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<td>Elavenil Valarivan<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s 10m Air Rifle<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<td>Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s 10m Air Rifle Team<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<td>Himanshu Dhillon<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s 10m Air Rifle<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">5<\/td>\n<td>Rudrankksh Patil<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s 10m Air Rifle<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">6<\/td>\n<td>Suchika Tariyal<\/td>\n<td>Mixed Martial Arts<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s Traditional -60kg<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">7<\/td>\n<td>Team India<\/td>\n<td>Cricket<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s Team<\/td>\n<td><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<td>Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s Skeet Team<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">9<\/td>\n<td>Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s Skeet Team<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">10<\/td>\n<td>Jay Meena<\/td>\n<td>Soft Tennis<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s Singles<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">11<\/td>\n<td>Mirabai Chanu<\/td>\n<td>Weightlifting<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s 49kg<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<td>Team India<\/td>\n<td>Badminton<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s Team<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">13<\/td>\n<td>Satnam Singh, Salman Khan<\/td>\n<td>Rowing<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s Double Sculls<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">14<\/td>\n<td>Roshibina Devi<\/td>\n<td>Wushu<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s 60kg Sanda<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">15<\/td>\n<td>Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Mixed Skeet Team<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">16<\/td>\n<td>Seema<\/td>\n<td>Athletics<\/td>\n<td>Women&#8217;s 10,000m<\/td>\n<td>Bronze<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">17<\/td>\n<td>India Mixed 4x400m Relay Team<\/td>\n<td>Athletics<\/td>\n<td>Mixed 4x400m Relay<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">18<\/td>\n<td>Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>10m Air Pistol Mixed Team<\/td>\n<td><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"right\">19<\/td>\n<td>Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar<\/td>\n<td>Shooting<\/td>\n<td>Men&#8217;s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team<\/td>\n<td>Silver<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><b>India Medal Winners at Asian Games 2026 Sport-Wise<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India&#8217;s current medal tally is concentrated in <\/span><b>shooting, mixed martial arts and women&#8217;s cricket<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while athletes from several other sports are still competing.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Shooting &#8211; 7 medals:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian shooters have won four silver medals and one bronze across the women&#8217;s and men&#8217;s 10m air rifle events. The men&#8217;s team of Dhillon, Patil and Mane also secured silver.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mixed Martial Arts &#8211; 1 bronze:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Suchika Tariyal secured bronze in the women&#8217;s traditional 60kg category, giving India its first MMA medal at the Asian Games.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Women&#8217;s cricket:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> India won the <strong data-start=\"16\" data-end=\"30\">gold medal<\/strong> after defeating Sri Lanka by <strong data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"72\">147 runs<\/strong> in the final on <strong data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"110\">22 September 2026<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Weightlifting:\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Mirabai Chanu<\/strong> secures <strong>Asian Games silver<\/strong> and completes her <strong>major medal collection in weightlifting<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">India also won bronze medals in <strong data-start=\"32\" data-end=\"120\">women\u2019s skeet team shooting, men\u2019s skeet team shooting and men\u2019s singles soft tennis<\/strong>, with the soft tennis medal marking India\u2019s <strong data-start=\"165\" data-end=\"210\">first-ever Asian Games medal in the sport<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Hockey, kabaddi, badminton and table tennis:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Indian teams have also recorded notable results on Day 2. The women&#8217;s hockey team defeated Indonesia <\/span><b>17-1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, while the men&#8217;s kabaddi team defeated Japan <\/span><b>49-23<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. India&#8217;s women&#8217;s table tennis team also defeated Pakistan <\/span><b>3-0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to reach the quarterfinals.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>India\u2019s Performance and Medal Highlights at Asian Games 2026<\/b><\/h2>\n<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" dir=\"auto\" data-start=\"65\" data-end=\"487\">India\u2019s campaign at the <strong data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"125\">Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya<\/strong> has continued to gather momentum, with the Indian contingent reaching <strong data-start=\"196\" data-end=\"267\">19 medals, 2 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze as of 25 September 2026<\/strong>. Shooting has emerged as a major contributor, while India has also secured medals in cricket, weightlifting, wushu, rowing, soft tennis, mixed martial arts, badminton and athletics.<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"3396\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n<li data-section-id=\"xdeu2v\" data-start=\"489\" data-end=\"773\"><strong data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"522\">Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh<\/strong> won <strong data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"574\">gold in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event<\/strong> on 25 September. Their score of <strong data-start=\"607\" data-end=\"616\" data-is-only-node=\"\">484.6<\/strong> also set a new Asian Games record, giving India its <strong data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"690\">second gold medal<\/strong> of the Games and its first gold in shooting.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"16enkvr\" data-start=\"775\" data-end=\"1011\"><strong data-start=\"777\" data-end=\"842\">Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar<\/strong> added a <strong data-start=\"851\" data-end=\"913\">silver medal in the men&#8217;s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team event<\/strong>. India finished with <strong data-start=\"935\" data-end=\"947\" data-is-only-node=\"\">1762-94x<\/strong>, behind China&#8217;s 1766-95x.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1q858zp\" data-start=\"1013\" data-end=\"1268\"><strong data-start=\"1015\" data-end=\"1050\">The Indian women&#8217;s cricket team<\/strong> won the country&#8217;s <strong data-start=\"1069\" data-end=\"1089\">first gold medal<\/strong> of the Games by defeating Sri Lanka in the final. This was India&#8217;s first gold before the latest shooting gold took the overall tally to two.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"lddjqy\" data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1495\"><strong data-start=\"1272\" data-end=\"1331\">Shooting has been India&#8217;s leading medal-producing sport<\/strong>, with medals coming from the 10m air rifle, skeet and 10m air pistol events, including both individual and team competitions.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1aba2vo\" data-start=\"1497\" data-end=\"1712\"><strong data-start=\"1499\" data-end=\"1519\">Himanshu Dhillon<\/strong> won silver in the men&#8217;s 10m air rifle individual event, while <strong data-start=\"1582\" data-end=\"1602\">Rudrankksh Patil<\/strong> secured bronze. China&#8217;s <strong data-start=\"1627\" data-end=\"1642\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Sheng Lihao<\/strong> won gold with <strong data-start=\"1657\" data-end=\"1673\">254.2 points<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1k430t3\" data-start=\"1714\" data-end=\"1903\"><strong data-start=\"1716\" data-end=\"1738\">Elavenil Valarivan<\/strong> made a strong contribution in shooting by winning silver in both the <strong data-start=\"1808\" data-end=\"1838\">women&#8217;s 10m air rifle team<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1843\" data-end=\"1857\" data-is-only-node=\"\">individual<\/strong> events.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"s0sqhu\" data-start=\"1905\" data-end=\"2125\">India won bronze medals in the <strong data-start=\"1938\" data-end=\"1960\">women&#8217;s skeet team<\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"1965\" data-end=\"1985\">men&#8217;s skeet team<\/strong> events. The mixed skeet team of <strong data-start=\"2018\" data-end=\"2066\">Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal<\/strong> also secured bronze.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"c16mm1\" data-start=\"2127\" data-end=\"2241\"><strong data-start=\"2129\" data-end=\"2142\">Jay Meena<\/strong> won bronze in <strong data-start=\"2157\" data-end=\"2186\">men&#8217;s singles soft tennis<\/strong>, giving India a medal in the sport at the Asian Games.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"seh5q5\" data-start=\"2243\" data-end=\"2416\"><strong data-start=\"2245\" data-end=\"2262\">Mirabai Chanu<\/strong> secured silver in the <strong data-start=\"2285\" data-end=\"2315\">women&#8217;s 49kg weightlifting<\/strong> event, adding another major international medal to her career.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"pzwcoj\" data-start=\"2418\" data-end=\"2649\"><strong data-start=\"2420\" data-end=\"2439\">Suchika Tariyal<\/strong> won bronze in the women&#8217;s Traditional -60kg category in <strong data-start=\"2496\" data-end=\"2524\">mixed martial arts (MMA)<\/strong>, marking India&#8217;s medal achievement in the sport at its Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games debut.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"nst9p8\" data-start=\"2651\" data-end=\"2834\">India also secured medals in <strong data-start=\"2682\" data-end=\"2724\">wushu, rowing, badminton and athletics<\/strong>, showing that the medal tally is not limited to shooting and cricket.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1un8cnv\" data-start=\"2836\" data-end=\"3185\">India has also remained competitive in several non-medal events, with Indian teams and athletes progressing through competitions in <strong data-start=\"2970\" data-end=\"3044\">hockey, kabaddi, badminton, table tennis, squash and other disciplines<\/strong>. The 25 September schedule included knockout and medal opportunities across several of these sports.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"5y0rt7\" data-start=\"3187\" data-end=\"3396\" data-is-last-node=\"\"><strong data-start=\"3189\" data-end=\"3232\">India&#8217;s medal tally remains provisional<\/strong>, as the Asian Games are being held from <strong data-start=\"3273\" data-end=\"3307\">19 September to 4 October 2026<\/strong> and more medal events are still to be completed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Medals at Asian Games 2026 reached 14 as on 25 September, with 2 gold, 8 silver and 9 bronze from shooting, cricket, MMA and soft tennis as the Games continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":125520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[786],"tags":[6773,10404],"class_list":["post-125514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-general-studies","tag-current-affairs","tag-indias-medals-at-asian-games-2026","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125514"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126147,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125514\/revisions\/126147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/125520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}