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21 golds in stunning late rush: India finish Asian Games with 85 medals in Japan

Asian Games 2026: India finished its campaign with 85 medals after the men's hockey team won gold on Saturday, October 3. The tally was 21 medals fewer than the 2022 edition. Here are the key numbers from Team India's campaign in Aichi-Nagoya.

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India at Asian Games
India finished Asian Games 2026 with 21 gold medals (PTI/Reuters Photos)

India's Asian Games campaign ended on a golden note as the men's hockey team beat Malaysia 5-1 in the final on Saturday, October 3. It was India's 21st gold medal and 85th overall, securing another top-five finish at the quadrennial multi-sport event.

India's overall medal tally fell by 21 from the previous edition, while the gold-medal count was down by seven compared to the 2022 Hangzhou Games. India had won 106 medals in Hangzhou, crossing the 100-medal mark for the first time. The Aichi-Nagoya campaign was a mixed bag, with some expected results giving way to disappointments before a strong finish changed the complexion of the campaign.

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Asian Games 2026 medal table

There was, however, plenty of credit in India's late medal rush. As recently as Thursday, India were outside the top 10 in the medal table with just 10 gold medals. But over the final two days, the hockey and cricket teams delivered gold, while India also enjoyed spectacular results in archery, boxing and wrestling. The late surge brought 11 more gold medals and propelled India into the top five, giving the campaign a much-needed lift before the Games drew to a close.

FULL LIST OF INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAN GAMES

GOLD

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Kumkum Mohod won Gold in women's recurve individual (Reuters Photo)
  • Team India — Cricket, women's event
  • Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — Shooting, mixed team 10m air pistol
  • Team India — Kabaddi, women's event
  • Team India — Kabaddi, men's event
  • Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, women's trap
  • Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women's 4x400m relay
  • Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Chikitha Taniparthi — Archery, women's compound team
  • Chikitha Taniparthi, Sahil Jadhav — Archery, mixed compound team
  • Kynan Chenai, Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, mixed trap
  • Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal — Archery, men's compound team
  • Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod, Kirti Sharma — Archery, women's team recurve
  • Lovlina Borgohain — Boxing, women's 75kg
  • Parveen Hooda — Boxing, women's 65kg
  • Ankush Panghal — Boxing, men's 80kg
  • Sujeet Kalkal — Wrestling, men's 65kg
  • Team India — Hockey, women's event
  • Kumkum Mohod — Archery, women's individual recurve
  • Pranavi Urs — Golf, women's individual
  • Team India — Cricket, men's event
  • Aman Sehrawat — Wrestling, men's 57kg
  • Team India — Hockey, men's event

SILVER

Mirabai Chanu added a maiden Asian Games silver to her decorated trophy cabinet (PTI Photo)
  • Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod — Shooting, women's 10m air rifle team
  • Elavenil Valarivan — Shooting, women's 10m air rifle
  • Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle team
  • Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle
  • Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting, women's 49kg
  • Roshibina Devi — Wushu, women's 60kg sanda
  • Team India — Athletics, mixed 4x400m relay
  • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar — Shooting, men's 50m rifle 3P team
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 10,000m
  • Sawan Berwal — Athletics, men's marathon
  • Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen — Shooting, women's 50m rifle 3P team
  • Tajinderpal Singh Toor — Athletics, shot put
  • Abhay Singh — Squash, men's singles
  • Anahat Singh — Squash, women's singles
  • Ancy Sojan — Athletics, women's long jump
  • Sarvesh Kushare — Athletics, men's high jump
  • Esha Singh — Shooting, women's 25m pistol
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 1500m
  • Murali Sreeshankar — Athletics, men's long jump
  • Yash Vir Singh — Athletics, men's javelin throw
  • Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat — Shooting, women's trap team
  • Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis — Sailing, men's skiff
  • Nitesh Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 97kg
  • Kumkum Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara — Archery, mixed team recurve
  • Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge — Archery, men's team
  • Pranavi Urs, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar — Golf, women's team
  • Antim Panghal — Wrestling, women's 53kg

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BRONZE

Baranica Elangovan won a bronze in women's pole vault (PTI Photo)
  • Rudrankksh Patil — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle
  • Suchika Tariyal — Mixed martial arts, women's traditional -60kg
  • Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan — Shooting, women's skeet team
  • Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Shooting, men's skeet team
  • Jay Meena — Soft tennis, men's singles
  • Team India — Badminton, men's team
  • Satnam Singh, Salman Khan — Rowing, men's double sculls
  • Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Shooting, mixed skeet team
  • Seema Kumari — Athletics, women's 10,000m
  • Diya Chitale, Manush Shah — Table tennis, mixed doubles
  • Manpreet Kaur — Athletics, shot put
  • Baranica Elangovan — Athletics, women's pole vault
  • Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar — Squash, mixed doubles
  • Prachi Choudhary — Athletics, women's 400m
  • Haritha Bhadra — Athletics, women's 200m
  • Tejaswin Shankar — Athletics, decathlon
  • Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women's 3000m steeplechase
  • Pincky Balhara — Kurash, women's -78kg
  • Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women's 400m hurdles
  • Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women's 5000m
  • Rohit Yadav — Athletics, men's javelin throw
  • Narender Berwal — Boxing, men's +90kg
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 5000m
  • Gurindervir Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra — Athletics, mixed 4x100m relay
  • Pooja Singh — Athletics, women's high jump
  • Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS, Jay Kumar, Vishal TK — Athletics, men's 4x400m relay
  • Priya Ghanghas — Boxing, women's 60kg
  • Kapil Pokhariya — Boxing, men's 90kg
  • Sunil Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 87kg
  • Anahat Singh, Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz — Squash, women's team
  • Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma — Sailing, women's skiff
  • Nethra Kumanan — Sailing, women's dinghy
  • Team India — Sepaktakraw, men's quadrant
  • Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru — Archery, men's compound individual
  • Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Kumar Chand — Squash, men's team
  • Neeraj Chauhan — Archery, men's individual recurve
  • Deepak Punia — Wrestling, men's 97kg
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THE TWO BIGGEST STARS

Kumkum Mohod - 3 medals in Archery

Kumkum Mohod won Gold in women's indiviudal recurve. History (Reuters Photo)

The 17-year-old from Amravati has been the breakout star of India's archery campaign, finishing her Asian Games debut with two golds and a silver. She helped India win its first-ever Asian Games gold in the women's recurve team event, then paired with Dhiraj Bommadevara for silver in the mixed recurve event.

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She saved her biggest moment for the individual final, beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off to become the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, and the first Indian recurve archer to win an individual Asian Games gold. The victory also secured India an LA 2028 Olympic quota place.

Neeru Dhanda - 3 medals in Shooting

Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai with mixed trap Gold (Screengrab from SonyLIV)

The 26-year-old Haryana shooter turned a difficult build-up into a landmark Asian Games campaign, winning two golds and a silver. Dhanda first helped India win silver in the women's trap team event before producing the defining performance of her Games in the individual event. She shot 28 in the final to set an Asian Games record and became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in trap.

Her victory also ended India's wait for an individual trap gold at the Asian Games since Randhir Singh's men's title in 1978.

She later added another gold as part of the mixed trap, joining hands with Kynan Chenai.

MULTIPLE MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAD 2026

Kumkum Mohod (Archery) - 3 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Mixed recurve team
  • Gold: Women's individual recurve

Neeru Dhanda (Shooting) - 3 medals

  • Silver: Women's trap team
  • Gold: Women's trap
  • Gold: Mixed trap team

Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (Archery) - 3 medals

  • Gold: Men's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team
  • Bronze: Men's individual compound

Prithika Pradeep (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold - Compound mixed team

Sahil Jadhav (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Mixed compound team
  • Gold: Men's compound team

Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team

Chikitha Taniparthi (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team

Kushal Dalal (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Men's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed Compound team

Vithya Ramraj (Track) - 3 medals

  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay
  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Bronze: Women's 400m hurdles

Poovamma Machettira (Track)- 2 medals

  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay
  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay

Ankita Bhakat (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Recurve Mixed team

Kirti Sharma (Archery)- 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Recurve mixed team

Pranavi Urs (Golf) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's individual golf
  • Silver: Women's team golf

Kiran Pahal (Track) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay

Prachi Chodhary (Track) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Bronze: Mixed 4x100m relay

TOTAL MEDALS BY SPORT

India's 85-medal haul was spread across 20 sports, with athletics contributing the most medals (24), followed by shooting (15) and archery (9). India won golds in nine disciplines, led by archery (5), while boxing and shooting added three golds each, and wrestling, hockey, kabaddi and cricket contributed two apiece.

Cricket, hockey, and kabaddi delivered gold medals in both men's and women's categories.

  • Archery: 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze — 9 medals
  • Boxing: 3 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze — 6 medals
  • Shooting: 3 Gold, 8 Silver, 4 Bronze — 15 medals
  • Cricket: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Hockey: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Kabaddi: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Wrestling: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze — 6 medals
  • Athletics: 1 Gold, 9 Silver, 14 Bronze — 24 medals
  • Golf: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Badminton: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Kurash: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Mixed Martial Arts: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Rowing: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Sailing: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze — 3 medals
  • Sepaktakraw: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Soft Tennis: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Squash: 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze — 5 medals
  • Table Tennis: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Weightlifting: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Wushu: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 1 medal

WHO STOOD OUT

Neeru Dhanda won Gold in women's individual trap shooting event (Screengrab from SonyLIV)

Neeru Dhanda | Shooting: Became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in trap. More broadly, no Indian woman had previously won an individual medal in trap or skeet at the Asian Games. She also set an Asian record with 28 hits in the final.

Kumkum Mohod | Recurve archery: The 17-year-old became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, and made it gold after beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off. She also secured India's LA 2028 Olympic quota.

Pranavi Urs | Golf: Became the first Indian woman to win individual golf gold at the Asian Games.

Aman Sehrawat | Wrestling: Became the first Indian to win the men's 57kg freestyle title at the Asian Games.

Sujeet Kalkal | Wrestling: He won 65kg gold, the first wrestling Gold for India. It was also the first time India won two wrestling freestyle golds at one Asian Games for the first time since 1978.

Deepak Punia | Wrestling: His bronze in the men's 97kg freestyle category ended a roughly 60-year wait for India to win a medal in that weight class. The previous Indian medals came in 1962 and 1966.

Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing: Her women's 75kg gold made her only the second Indian woman boxer after Mary Kom to win Asian Games gold.
Team achievements

India women's hockey: Ended a 44-year wait for Asian Games gold, winning the women's title for the first time since 1982. The gold also secured direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

India men's + women's hockey: For the first time, both Indian hockey teams won Asian Games gold at the same edition. The men retained their title by beating Malaysia 5-1, while the women ended their 44-year wait.

India women's recurve archery team: Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod won India's first-ever Asian Games gold in the women's recurve team event, beating South Korea in the final.

BIG DIPS: WHERE THE MEDALS WERE LOST

  • The biggest medal dips came in shooting and athletics, which together accounted for 12 of the overall 21 fewer medals compared to 2022.
  • Shooting fell from 22 medals in Hangzhou to 15 in Aichi-Nagoya, with its gold tally dropping from seven to three, while athletics went from 29 medals to 24 and saw an even sharper fall in golds, from six to one.
  • Rowing also suffered a significant decline, dropping from five medals to one, while badminton fell from three to one.
  • India did not win medals in tennis and equestrian, after winning two medals in each sport in 2022.
  • Chess, meanwhile, was not part of the 2026 Asian Games programme, so it does not count as a medal dip. S
  • quash was an exception in terms of overall numbers, retaining its five-medal haul, but its gold tally fell from two to zero.
- Ends

India's Asian Games campaign ended on a golden note as the men's hockey team beat Malaysia 5-1 in the final on Saturday, October 3. It was India's 21st gold medal and 85th overall, securing another top-five finish at the quadrennial multi-sport event.

India's overall medal tally fell by 21 from the previous edition, while the gold-medal count was down by seven compared to the 2022 Hangzhou Games. India had won 106 medals in Hangzhou, crossing the 100-medal mark for the first time. The Aichi-Nagoya campaign was a mixed bag, with some expected results giving way to disappointments before a strong finish changed the complexion of the campaign.

Asian Games 2026 medal table

There was, however, plenty of credit in India's late medal rush. As recently as Thursday, India were outside the top 10 in the medal table with just 10 gold medals. But over the final two days, the hockey and cricket teams delivered gold, while India also enjoyed spectacular results in archery, boxing and wrestling. The late surge brought 11 more gold medals and propelled India into the top five, giving the campaign a much-needed lift before the Games drew to a close.

FULL LIST OF INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAN GAMES

GOLD

Kumkum Mohod won Gold in women's recurve individual (Reuters Photo)
  • Team India — Cricket, women's event
  • Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — Shooting, mixed team 10m air pistol
  • Team India — Kabaddi, women's event
  • Team India — Kabaddi, men's event
  • Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, women's trap
  • Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women's 4x400m relay
  • Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Chikitha Taniparthi — Archery, women's compound team
  • Chikitha Taniparthi, Sahil Jadhav — Archery, mixed compound team
  • Kynan Chenai, Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, mixed trap
  • Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal — Archery, men's compound team
  • Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod, Kirti Sharma — Archery, women's team recurve
  • Lovlina Borgohain — Boxing, women's 75kg
  • Parveen Hooda — Boxing, women's 65kg
  • Ankush Panghal — Boxing, men's 80kg
  • Sujeet Kalkal — Wrestling, men's 65kg
  • Team India — Hockey, women's event
  • Kumkum Mohod — Archery, women's individual recurve
  • Pranavi Urs — Golf, women's individual
  • Team India — Cricket, men's event
  • Aman Sehrawat — Wrestling, men's 57kg
  • Team India — Hockey, men's event

SILVER

Mirabai Chanu added a maiden Asian Games silver to her decorated trophy cabinet (PTI Photo)
  • Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod — Shooting, women's 10m air rifle team
  • Elavenil Valarivan — Shooting, women's 10m air rifle
  • Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle team
  • Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle
  • Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting, women's 49kg
  • Roshibina Devi — Wushu, women's 60kg sanda
  • Team India — Athletics, mixed 4x400m relay
  • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar — Shooting, men's 50m rifle 3P team
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 10,000m
  • Sawan Berwal — Athletics, men's marathon
  • Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen — Shooting, women's 50m rifle 3P team
  • Tajinderpal Singh Toor — Athletics, shot put
  • Abhay Singh — Squash, men's singles
  • Anahat Singh — Squash, women's singles
  • Ancy Sojan — Athletics, women's long jump
  • Sarvesh Kushare — Athletics, men's high jump
  • Esha Singh — Shooting, women's 25m pistol
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 1500m
  • Murali Sreeshankar — Athletics, men's long jump
  • Yash Vir Singh — Athletics, men's javelin throw
  • Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat — Shooting, women's trap team
  • Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis — Sailing, men's skiff
  • Nitesh Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 97kg
  • Kumkum Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara — Archery, mixed team recurve
  • Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge — Archery, men's team
  • Pranavi Urs, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar — Golf, women's team
  • Antim Panghal — Wrestling, women's 53kg

BRONZE

Baranica Elangovan won a bronze in women's pole vault (PTI Photo)
  • Rudrankksh Patil — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle
  • Suchika Tariyal — Mixed martial arts, women's traditional -60kg
  • Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan — Shooting, women's skeet team
  • Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Shooting, men's skeet team
  • Jay Meena — Soft tennis, men's singles
  • Team India — Badminton, men's team
  • Satnam Singh, Salman Khan — Rowing, men's double sculls
  • Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Shooting, mixed skeet team
  • Seema Kumari — Athletics, women's 10,000m
  • Diya Chitale, Manush Shah — Table tennis, mixed doubles
  • Manpreet Kaur — Athletics, shot put
  • Baranica Elangovan — Athletics, women's pole vault
  • Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar — Squash, mixed doubles
  • Prachi Choudhary — Athletics, women's 400m
  • Haritha Bhadra — Athletics, women's 200m
  • Tejaswin Shankar — Athletics, decathlon
  • Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women's 3000m steeplechase
  • Pincky Balhara — Kurash, women's -78kg
  • Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women's 400m hurdles
  • Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women's 5000m
  • Rohit Yadav — Athletics, men's javelin throw
  • Narender Berwal — Boxing, men's +90kg
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 5000m
  • Gurindervir Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra — Athletics, mixed 4x100m relay
  • Pooja Singh — Athletics, women's high jump
  • Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS, Jay Kumar, Vishal TK — Athletics, men's 4x400m relay
  • Priya Ghanghas — Boxing, women's 60kg
  • Kapil Pokhariya — Boxing, men's 90kg
  • Sunil Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 87kg
  • Anahat Singh, Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz — Squash, women's team
  • Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma — Sailing, women's skiff
  • Nethra Kumanan — Sailing, women's dinghy
  • Team India — Sepaktakraw, men's quadrant
  • Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru — Archery, men's compound individual
  • Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Kumar Chand — Squash, men's team
  • Neeraj Chauhan — Archery, men's individual recurve
  • Deepak Punia — Wrestling, men's 97kg

THE TWO BIGGEST STARS

Kumkum Mohod - 3 medals in Archery

Kumkum Mohod won Gold in women's indiviudal recurve. History (Reuters Photo)

The 17-year-old from Amravati has been the breakout star of India's archery campaign, finishing her Asian Games debut with two golds and a silver. She helped India win its first-ever Asian Games gold in the women's recurve team event, then paired with Dhiraj Bommadevara for silver in the mixed recurve event.

She saved her biggest moment for the individual final, beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off to become the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, and the first Indian recurve archer to win an individual Asian Games gold. The victory also secured India an LA 2028 Olympic quota place.

Neeru Dhanda - 3 medals in Shooting

Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai with mixed trap Gold (Screengrab from SonyLIV)

The 26-year-old Haryana shooter turned a difficult build-up into a landmark Asian Games campaign, winning two golds and a silver. Dhanda first helped India win silver in the women's trap team event before producing the defining performance of her Games in the individual event. She shot 28 in the final to set an Asian Games record and became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in trap.

Her victory also ended India's wait for an individual trap gold at the Asian Games since Randhir Singh's men's title in 1978.

She later added another gold as part of the mixed trap, joining hands with Kynan Chenai.

MULTIPLE MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAD 2026

Kumkum Mohod (Archery) - 3 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Mixed recurve team
  • Gold: Women's individual recurve

Neeru Dhanda (Shooting) - 3 medals

  • Silver: Women's trap team
  • Gold: Women's trap
  • Gold: Mixed trap team

Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (Archery) - 3 medals

  • Gold: Men's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team
  • Bronze: Men's individual compound

Prithika Pradeep (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold - Compound mixed team

Sahil Jadhav (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Mixed compound team
  • Gold: Men's compound team

Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team

Chikitha Taniparthi (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team

Kushal Dalal (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Men's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed Compound team

Vithya Ramraj (Track) - 3 medals

  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay
  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Bronze: Women's 400m hurdles

Poovamma Machettira (Track)- 2 medals

  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay
  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay

Ankita Bhakat (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Recurve Mixed team

Kirti Sharma (Archery)- 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Recurve mixed team

Pranavi Urs (Golf) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's individual golf
  • Silver: Women's team golf

Kiran Pahal (Track) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay

Prachi Chodhary (Track) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Bronze: Mixed 4x100m relay

TOTAL MEDALS BY SPORT

India's 85-medal haul was spread across 20 sports, with athletics contributing the most medals (24), followed by shooting (15) and archery (9). India won golds in nine disciplines, led by archery (5), while boxing and shooting added three golds each, and wrestling, hockey, kabaddi and cricket contributed two apiece.

Cricket, hockey, and kabaddi delivered gold medals in both men's and women's categories.

  • Archery: 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze — 9 medals
  • Boxing: 3 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze — 6 medals
  • Shooting: 3 Gold, 8 Silver, 4 Bronze — 15 medals
  • Cricket: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Hockey: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Kabaddi: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Wrestling: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze — 6 medals
  • Athletics: 1 Gold, 9 Silver, 14 Bronze — 24 medals
  • Golf: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Badminton: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Kurash: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Mixed Martial Arts: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Rowing: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Sailing: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze — 3 medals
  • Sepaktakraw: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Soft Tennis: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Squash: 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze — 5 medals
  • Table Tennis: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Weightlifting: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Wushu: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 1 medal

WHO STOOD OUT

Neeru Dhanda won Gold in women's individual trap shooting event (Screengrab from SonyLIV)

Neeru Dhanda | Shooting: Became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in trap. More broadly, no Indian woman had previously won an individual medal in trap or skeet at the Asian Games. She also set an Asian record with 28 hits in the final.

Kumkum Mohod | Recurve archery: The 17-year-old became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, and made it gold after beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off. She also secured India's LA 2028 Olympic quota.

Pranavi Urs | Golf: Became the first Indian woman to win individual golf gold at the Asian Games.

Aman Sehrawat | Wrestling: Became the first Indian to win the men's 57kg freestyle title at the Asian Games.

Sujeet Kalkal | Wrestling: He won 65kg gold, the first wrestling Gold for India. It was also the first time India won two wrestling freestyle golds at one Asian Games for the first time since 1978.

Deepak Punia | Wrestling: His bronze in the men's 97kg freestyle category ended a roughly 60-year wait for India to win a medal in that weight class. The previous Indian medals came in 1962 and 1966.

Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing: Her women's 75kg gold made her only the second Indian woman boxer after Mary Kom to win Asian Games gold.
Team achievements

India women's hockey: Ended a 44-year wait for Asian Games gold, winning the women's title for the first time since 1982. The gold also secured direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

India men's + women's hockey: For the first time, both Indian hockey teams won Asian Games gold at the same edition. The men retained their title by beating Malaysia 5-1, while the women ended their 44-year wait.

India women's recurve archery team: Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod won India's first-ever Asian Games gold in the women's recurve team event, beating South Korea in the final.

BIG DIPS: WHERE THE MEDALS WERE LOST

  • The biggest medal dips came in shooting and athletics, which together accounted for 12 of the overall 21 fewer medals compared to 2022.
  • Shooting fell from 22 medals in Hangzhou to 15 in Aichi-Nagoya, with its gold tally dropping from seven to three, while athletics went from 29 medals to 24 and saw an even sharper fall in golds, from six to one.
  • Rowing also suffered a significant decline, dropping from five medals to one, while badminton fell from three to one.
  • India did not win medals in tennis and equestrian, after winning two medals in each sport in 2022.
  • Chess, meanwhile, was not part of the 2026 Asian Games programme, so it does not count as a medal dip. S
  • quash was an exception in terms of overall numbers, retaining its five-medal haul, but its gold tally fell from two to zero.
- Ends

India's Asian Games campaign ended on a golden note as the men's hockey team beat Malaysia 5-1 in the final on Saturday, October 3. It was India's 21st gold medal and 85th overall, securing another top-five finish at the quadrennial multi-sport event.

India's overall medal tally fell by 21 from the previous edition, while the gold-medal count was down by seven compared to the 2022 Hangzhou Games. India had won 106 medals in Hangzhou, crossing the 100-medal mark for the first time. The Aichi-Nagoya campaign was a mixed bag, with some expected results giving way to disappointments before a strong finish changed the complexion of the campaign.

Asian Games 2026 medal table

There was, however, plenty of credit in India's late medal rush. As recently as Thursday, India were outside the top 10 in the medal table with just 10 gold medals. But over the final two days, the hockey and cricket teams delivered gold, while India also enjoyed spectacular results in archery, boxing and wrestling. The late surge brought 11 more gold medals and propelled India into the top five, giving the campaign a much-needed lift before the Games drew to a close.

FULL LIST OF INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAN GAMES

GOLD

Kumkum Mohod won Gold in women's recurve individual (Reuters Photo)
  • Team India — Cricket, women's event
  • Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — Shooting, mixed team 10m air pistol
  • Team India — Kabaddi, women's event
  • Team India — Kabaddi, men's event
  • Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, women's trap
  • Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women's 4x400m relay
  • Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep, Chikitha Taniparthi — Archery, women's compound team
  • Chikitha Taniparthi, Sahil Jadhav — Archery, mixed compound team
  • Kynan Chenai, Neeru Dhanda — Shooting, mixed trap
  • Sahil Jadhav, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal — Archery, men's compound team
  • Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod, Kirti Sharma — Archery, women's team recurve
  • Lovlina Borgohain — Boxing, women's 75kg
  • Parveen Hooda — Boxing, women's 65kg
  • Ankush Panghal — Boxing, men's 80kg
  • Sujeet Kalkal — Wrestling, men's 65kg
  • Team India — Hockey, women's event
  • Kumkum Mohod — Archery, women's individual recurve
  • Pranavi Urs — Golf, women's individual
  • Team India — Cricket, men's event
  • Aman Sehrawat — Wrestling, men's 57kg
  • Team India — Hockey, men's event

SILVER

Mirabai Chanu added a maiden Asian Games silver to her decorated trophy cabinet (PTI Photo)
  • Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod — Shooting, women's 10m air rifle team
  • Elavenil Valarivan — Shooting, women's 10m air rifle
  • Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle team
  • Himanshu Dhillon — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle
  • Mirabai Chanu — Weightlifting, women's 49kg
  • Roshibina Devi — Wushu, women's 60kg sanda
  • Team India — Athletics, mixed 4x400m relay
  • Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil, Niraj Kumar — Shooting, men's 50m rifle 3P team
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 10,000m
  • Sawan Berwal — Athletics, men's marathon
  • Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen — Shooting, women's 50m rifle 3P team
  • Tajinderpal Singh Toor — Athletics, shot put
  • Abhay Singh — Squash, men's singles
  • Anahat Singh — Squash, women's singles
  • Ancy Sojan — Athletics, women's long jump
  • Sarvesh Kushare — Athletics, men's high jump
  • Esha Singh — Shooting, women's 25m pistol
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 1500m
  • Murali Sreeshankar — Athletics, men's long jump
  • Yash Vir Singh — Athletics, men's javelin throw
  • Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat — Shooting, women's trap team
  • Prince Kurisinkal Noble, Manu Francis — Sailing, men's skiff
  • Nitesh Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 97kg
  • Kumkum Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara — Archery, mixed team recurve
  • Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan, Yashdeep Bhoge — Archery, men's team
  • Pranavi Urs, Aditi Ashok, Diksha Dagar — Golf, women's team
  • Antim Panghal — Wrestling, women's 53kg

BRONZE

Baranica Elangovan won a bronze in women's pole vault (PTI Photo)
  • Rudrankksh Patil — Shooting, men's 10m air rifle
  • Suchika Tariyal — Mixed martial arts, women's traditional -60kg
  • Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan — Shooting, women's skeet team
  • Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Shooting, men's skeet team
  • Jay Meena — Soft tennis, men's singles
  • Team India — Badminton, men's team
  • Satnam Singh, Salman Khan — Rowing, men's double sculls
  • Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Shooting, mixed skeet team
  • Seema Kumari — Athletics, women's 10,000m
  • Diya Chitale, Manush Shah — Table tennis, mixed doubles
  • Manpreet Kaur — Athletics, shot put
  • Baranica Elangovan — Athletics, women's pole vault
  • Joshna Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar — Squash, mixed doubles
  • Prachi Choudhary — Athletics, women's 400m
  • Haritha Bhadra — Athletics, women's 200m
  • Tejaswin Shankar — Athletics, decathlon
  • Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women's 3000m steeplechase
  • Pincky Balhara — Kurash, women's -78kg
  • Vithya Ramraj — Athletics, women's 400m hurdles
  • Parul Chaudhary — Athletics, women's 5000m
  • Rohit Yadav — Athletics, men's javelin throw
  • Narender Berwal — Boxing, men's +90kg
  • Gulveer Singh — Athletics, men's 5000m
  • Gurindervir Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra — Athletics, mixed 4x100m relay
  • Pooja Singh — Athletics, women's high jump
  • Dharmveer Choudhary, Manu TS, Jay Kumar, Vishal TK — Athletics, men's 4x400m relay
  • Priya Ghanghas — Boxing, women's 60kg
  • Kapil Pokhariya — Boxing, men's 90kg
  • Sunil Kumar — Wrestling, Greco-Roman 87kg
  • Anahat Singh, Joshana Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz — Squash, women's team
  • Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma — Sailing, women's skiff
  • Nethra Kumanan — Sailing, women's dinghy
  • Team India — Sepaktakraw, men's quadrant
  • Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru — Archery, men's compound individual
  • Abhay Singh, Veer Chotrani, Velavan Senthilkumar, Suraj Kumar Chand — Squash, men's team
  • Neeraj Chauhan — Archery, men's individual recurve
  • Deepak Punia — Wrestling, men's 97kg

THE TWO BIGGEST STARS

Kumkum Mohod - 3 medals in Archery

Kumkum Mohod won Gold in women's indiviudal recurve. History (Reuters Photo)

The 17-year-old from Amravati has been the breakout star of India's archery campaign, finishing her Asian Games debut with two golds and a silver. She helped India win its first-ever Asian Games gold in the women's recurve team event, then paired with Dhiraj Bommadevara for silver in the mixed recurve event.

She saved her biggest moment for the individual final, beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off to become the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, and the first Indian recurve archer to win an individual Asian Games gold. The victory also secured India an LA 2028 Olympic quota place.

Neeru Dhanda - 3 medals in Shooting

Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai with mixed trap Gold (Screengrab from SonyLIV)

The 26-year-old Haryana shooter turned a difficult build-up into a landmark Asian Games campaign, winning two golds and a silver. Dhanda first helped India win silver in the women's trap team event before producing the defining performance of her Games in the individual event. She shot 28 in the final to set an Asian Games record and became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in trap.

Her victory also ended India's wait for an individual trap gold at the Asian Games since Randhir Singh's men's title in 1978.

She later added another gold as part of the mixed trap, joining hands with Kynan Chenai.

MULTIPLE MEDAL WINNERS AT ASIAD 2026

Kumkum Mohod (Archery) - 3 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Mixed recurve team
  • Gold: Women's individual recurve

Neeru Dhanda (Shooting) - 3 medals

  • Silver: Women's trap team
  • Gold: Women's trap
  • Gold: Mixed trap team

Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (Archery) - 3 medals

  • Gold: Men's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team
  • Bronze: Men's individual compound

Prithika Pradeep (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold - Compound mixed team

Sahil Jadhav (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Mixed compound team
  • Gold: Men's compound team

Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team

Chikitha Taniparthi (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed compound team

Kushal Dalal (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Men's compound team
  • Gold: Mixed Compound team

Vithya Ramraj (Track) - 3 medals

  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay
  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Bronze: Women's 400m hurdles

Poovamma Machettira (Track)- 2 medals

  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay
  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay

Ankita Bhakat (Archery) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Recurve Mixed team

Kirti Sharma (Archery)- 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's recurve team
  • Silver: Recurve mixed team

Pranavi Urs (Golf) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's individual golf
  • Silver: Women's team golf

Kiran Pahal (Track) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Silver: Mixed 4x400m relay

Prachi Chodhary (Track) - 2 medals

  • Gold: Women's 4x400m relay
  • Bronze: Mixed 4x100m relay

TOTAL MEDALS BY SPORT

India's 85-medal haul was spread across 20 sports, with athletics contributing the most medals (24), followed by shooting (15) and archery (9). India won golds in nine disciplines, led by archery (5), while boxing and shooting added three golds each, and wrestling, hockey, kabaddi and cricket contributed two apiece.

Cricket, hockey, and kabaddi delivered gold medals in both men's and women's categories.

  • Archery: 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze — 9 medals
  • Boxing: 3 Gold, 0 Silver, 3 Bronze — 6 medals
  • Shooting: 3 Gold, 8 Silver, 4 Bronze — 15 medals
  • Cricket: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Hockey: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Kabaddi: 2 Gold, 0 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Wrestling: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 2 Bronze — 6 medals
  • Athletics: 1 Gold, 9 Silver, 14 Bronze — 24 medals
  • Golf: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 2 medals
  • Badminton: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Kurash: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Mixed Martial Arts: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Rowing: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Sailing: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze — 3 medals
  • Sepaktakraw: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Soft Tennis: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Squash: 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze — 5 medals
  • Table Tennis: 0 Gold, 0 Silver, 1 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Weightlifting: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 1 medal
  • Wushu: 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze — 1 medal

WHO STOOD OUT

Neeru Dhanda won Gold in women's individual trap shooting event (Screengrab from SonyLIV)

Neeru Dhanda | Shooting: Became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games gold in trap. More broadly, no Indian woman had previously won an individual medal in trap or skeet at the Asian Games. She also set an Asian record with 28 hits in the final.

Kumkum Mohod | Recurve archery: The 17-year-old became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, and made it gold after beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off. She also secured India's LA 2028 Olympic quota.

Pranavi Urs | Golf: Became the first Indian woman to win individual golf gold at the Asian Games.

Aman Sehrawat | Wrestling: Became the first Indian to win the men's 57kg freestyle title at the Asian Games.

Sujeet Kalkal | Wrestling: He won 65kg gold, the first wrestling Gold for India. It was also the first time India won two wrestling freestyle golds at one Asian Games for the first time since 1978.

Deepak Punia | Wrestling: His bronze in the men's 97kg freestyle category ended a roughly 60-year wait for India to win a medal in that weight class. The previous Indian medals came in 1962 and 1966.

Lovlina Borgohain | Boxing: Her women's 75kg gold made her only the second Indian woman boxer after Mary Kom to win Asian Games gold.
Team achievements

India women's hockey: Ended a 44-year wait for Asian Games gold, winning the women's title for the first time since 1982. The gold also secured direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

India men's + women's hockey: For the first time, both Indian hockey teams won Asian Games gold at the same edition. The men retained their title by beating Malaysia 5-1, while the women ended their 44-year wait.

India women's recurve archery team: Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod won India's first-ever Asian Games gold in the women's recurve team event, beating South Korea in the final.

BIG DIPS: WHERE THE MEDALS WERE LOST

  • The biggest medal dips came in shooting and athletics, which together accounted for 12 of the overall 21 fewer medals compared to 2022.
  • Shooting fell from 22 medals in Hangzhou to 15 in Aichi-Nagoya, with its gold tally dropping from seven to three, while athletics went from 29 medals to 24 and saw an even sharper fall in golds, from six to one.
  • Rowing also suffered a significant decline, dropping from five medals to one, while badminton fell from three to one.
  • India did not win medals in tennis and equestrian, after winning two medals in each sport in 2022.
  • Chess, meanwhile, was not part of the 2026 Asian Games programme, so it does not count as a medal dip. S
  • quash was an exception in terms of overall numbers, retaining its five-medal haul, but its gold tally fell from two to zero.
- Ends

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