India is currently fifth in the Asian Games 2026 medal table after a big medal haul on Friday. India’s tally now stands at 16 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze medals, taking its overall count to 79 medals.India added a gold in women’s hockey, with the team beating defending champions China 1-0 to end a 44-year wait for the Asian Games title. India also won two silver medals in archery and a bronze in sepaktakraw on Friday.Asian Games 2026: India’s gold medal winnersIndia’s gold-medal haul has come across several sports, including archery, kabaddi, shooting, cricket, athletics, boxing, wrestling and hockey.ArcheryChikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav — Mixed Compound TeamChikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep and Jyothi Surekha Vennam — Women’s Compound TeamSahil Jadhav, Kushal Dalal and Thirumuru Ganesh Mani Ratnam — Men’s Compound TeamAnkita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Anil Mohod — Women’s Recurve TeamKabaddiIndian women’s team — GoldIndian men’s team — GoldShootingKamaljeet and Suruchi Singh — 10m Air Pistol Mixed TeamNeeru Dhanda — Women’s Trap IndividualNeeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai — Mixed Trap TeamCricketIndian women’s cricket team — GoldAthleticsKiran, Poovamma Machettira, Prachi and Vithya Ramraj — Women’s 4x400m RelayBoxingLovlina Borgohain — Women’s 75kgParveen Hooda — Women’s 65kgAnkush Panghal — Men’s 80kgWrestlingSujeet Kalkal — Men’s 65kgHockeyIndian women’s team — GoldIndia beat defending champions China 1-0 in the women’s hockey final, with Lalremsiami scoring the decisive goal in the 10th minute. Goalkeeper Savita Punia also saved a penalty stroke as India held on for victory.The gold is only India’s second in women’s hockey at the Asian Games and its first since 1982, ending a 44-year wait. The victory also secured India a quota place for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics.Asian Games 2026: India’s silver medal winnersIndia has also won silver medals across shooting, athletics, weightlifting, wushu, squash, wrestling, sailing and archery.ShootingElavenil Valarivan — Women’s 10m Air Rifle IndividualElavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod — Women’s 10m Air Rifle TeamHimanshu Dhillon — Men’s 10m Air Rifle IndividualRudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane — Men’s 10m Air Rifle TeamAishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil and Niraj Kumar — Men’s 50m Rifle 3P TeamAshi Chouksey, Vidarsa Kochalumkal Vinod and Tilottama Sen — Women’s 50m Rifle 3P TeamEsha Singh — Women’s 25m Air PistolNeeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat — Women’s Trap TeamWeightliftingMirabai Chanu — Women’s 49kgWushuRoshibina Devi — Women’s 60kg SandaAthleticsVishal T.K., M.R. Poovamma, Manu T.S. and Vithya Ramraj — Mixed 4x400m RelayGulveer Singh — Men’s 10,000mSawan Barwal — Men’s MarathonTajinderpal Singh Toor — Men’s Shot PutAncy Sojan — Women’s Long JumpSarvesh Kushare — Men’s High JumpGulveer Singh — Men’s 1500mSreeshankar Murali — Men’s Long JumpYashvir Singh — Men’s JavelinSquashAnahat Singh — Women’s SinglesAbhay Singh — Men’s SinglesWrestlingNitesh Siwach — Greco-Roman 97kgSailingPrince Noble Kurisinkal and Manu Francis — Men’s SkiffArcheryDhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Yashdeep Bhoge — Men’s Recurve TeamDhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod — Mixed Recurve TeamIndia lost both recurve finals, going down 5-1 to South Korea in the men’s team final and 5-3 to China in the mixed team final.The mixed-team silver was India’s first-ever medal in the Asian Games recurve mixed team event. India also missed out on an LA 2028 Olympic quota in the event.Asian Games 2026: India’s bronze medal winnersIndia’s bronze medals have come from a wide range of disciplines, including shooting, archery, athletics, badminton, squash, boxing, wrestling, sailing, sepaktakraw and other sports.ArcheryGanesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru — Men’s Compound IndividualShootingRudrankksh Patil — Men’s 10m Air Rifle IndividualRaiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Women’s Skeet TeamAnantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill and Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Men’s Skeet TeamAnantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Mixed Skeet TeamMixed Martial ArtsSuchika Tariyal — Women’s Traditional MMA 60kgKurashPincky Balhara — Women’s 78kgSoft TennisJay Meena — Men’s SinglesBadmintonLakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan, MR Arjun and Dhruv Kapila — Men’s TeamRowingSatnam Singh and Salman Khan — Men’s Double ScullsAthleticsSeema Kumari — Women’s 10,000mManpreet Kaur — Women’s Shot PutBaranica Elangovan — Women’s Pole VaultPrachi — Women’s 400mHarita — Women’s 200mTejaswin Shankar — Men’s DecathlonParul Chaudhary — Women’s 3000m SteeplechaseVithya Ramraj — Women’s 400m HurdlesParul Chaudhary — Women’s 5000mRohit Yadav — Men’s JavelinGulveer Singh — Men’s 5000mGulveer Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur and Harita Bhadra — Mixed 4x100m RelayPooja Singh — Women’s High JumpThennarasu Vishal, Jay Kumar, Dharmveer Choudhary and…
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