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India won its first athletics gold medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on 29 September 2026. The gold medal came in the women’s 4x400m relay, and the Indian team finished in 3:29.69 minutes at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park Athletic Stadium.
Vithya Ramraj won the bronze medal in the women’s 400m hurdles at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 28 September 2026. She clocked 54.75 seconds and broke PT Usha’s long-standing Indian national record of 55.42 seconds, which had stood since the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
The Indian women’s trap shooting team won the silver medal at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 29 September 2026. The team of Neeru Dhanda, Aashima Ahlawat, and Manisha Keer finished with a combined score of 328 points in the women’s trap team event.
India finished 10th at the 48th WorldSkills Competition in Shanghai, China, which concluded on 27 September 2026. Team India won six silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence at the global skills event.
Three Indian boxers, Ankush Panghal, Parveen Hooda, and Narender Berwal, reached the semi-finals at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 27 September 2026. A semi-final berth in boxing guarantees at least a bronze medal because both losing semi-finalists receive bronze medals.
India’s Harita Bhadra won the bronze medal in the women’s 200m final at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 27 September 2026. She finished in 23.20 seconds and placed third behind Singapore’s Shanti Pereira and China’s Yujie Chen.
Rishabh Das set a new Indian national record in the men’s 200m backstroke on 25 September 2026 at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The 19-year-old swimmer recorded 1:58.77 in the final and finished sixth. He improved his own previous national record of 1:59.84, which he had set earlier in 2026.
India’s Dhiraj Bommadevara set a new Asian Games record in the men’s recurve individual archery qualification event on 26 September 2026. He scored 698 out of 720 points at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, and finished as the top seed in the individual draw.
The Indian women’s kabaddi team won the gold medal at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on 26 September 2026. India defeated Iran 37-34 in the final at the Tokai Citizens Gymnasium and secured its fourth Asian Games gold in women’s kabaddi.
Baranica Elangovan won the bronze medal in the women’s pole vault at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 25 September 2026. She cleared 4.15 metres and shared the bronze medal with Polina Ivanova of Kazakhstan, who also cleared 4.15 metres with an identical countback record. This was India’s first-ever medal in the pole vault event at the Asian Games in both the men’s and women’s categories.
India’s Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet won the gold medal in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, on 25 September 2026. The pair set a new Asian record in the final with 484.6 points and matched the qualification-round Asian record of 587 points.
India secured three squash medals at the Asian Games 2026 on 25 September 2026. Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar reached the mixed doubles semifinals, while Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh entered the women’s and men’s singles semifinals respectively.