The 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games are underway in Japan. India is currently placed at the 12th spot on the medals’ table with 39 medals. China is leading the table with 221 medals. Japan is second with 164 medals and Republic of Korea is third with 90 medals.
On September 28, 2026, Vithya Ramraj won a bronze medal in 400 M hurdles in a sensational run that clocked 54.75 seconds and broke her own national record she had jointly held with athlete PT Usha.
Earlier that day, Indian shooter Esha Singh clinched a silver medal in the women’s 25m pistol individual competition.
Pincky Balhara became the first Indian to win two Kurash medals at the Asian Games after clinching bronze on Monday (September 28, 2026), following a 0-5 semifinal defeat to South Korea’s Sumin Mo in the women’s 78kg event.
On Sunday (September 27, 2026), India’s Abhay Singh settled for an Asian Games silver medal after going down against Eain Yow Ng of Malaysia in the men’s singles final of the squash competition, and junior world champion Anahat Singh similarly secured a hard-fought Silver in the women’s singles final against Malaysia’s Sivasangari Subramaniam.
Harita Bhadra clinched bronze in the women’s 200m at the Asian Games. Long jumper Ancy Sojan secured silver in the women’s long jump, while Sarvesh Kushare claimed silver in the men’s high jump.
Tejaswin Shankar, meanwhile, secured his second Asian Games medal, winning bronze in the decathlon following the two-day competition.
Parul Chaudhary bettered her personal best on her way to bronze in the women’s 3000m steeplechase at the Asian Games.
On Saturday (September 26), India’s Sawan Barwal won a silver medal in the men’s marathon. India’s women’s kabaddi team extended their dominance at the Asian Games securing yet another gold medal after a thrilling 37-34 win over Iran in the finals. The men’s hockey team continued it’s winning streak, defeating Japan by 2-0, securing the semifinal berth in the big-ticket sports event.
Simultaneously, the squash squad led by teen-sensation Anahat Singh and Abhay Shetty in singles category stormed into the final game. The duo will be competing for a gold medal in their final game on Sunday.
Women’s 50m rifle 3P team comprising of Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen won the silver medal. Mixed squash doubles team including Joshana Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar clinched the bronze medal.
On Friday (September 25), the duo of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale secured a historic bronze medal in table tennis mixed doubles after stunning the world No. 4 pair from Hong Kong to enter the semi-finals.
Baranica Elangovan entered her name in the record books by winning a historic bronze medal for India in the women’s pole vault event at the Asian Games
Indian long-distance runner Gulveer Singh upgraded his Asian Games medal from bronze to silver in the men’s 10,000m.
India’s Manpreet Kaur clinched the bronze medal in women’s shot put competition of the Asian Games with an effort of 17.17m in Nagoya on Friday (September 25).
Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh won gold in the mixed team 10m air pistol event. The Indian team, comprising Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil and Niraj Kumar, won silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3P team event.
The Indian 4x400m mixed relay quartet of Vishal T.K., M.R. Poovamma, Manu T.S. and Vithya Ramraj earned a silver medal in the final at the Paloma Mizuho Stadium.
Manpreet Kaur clinched a bronze medal in the Women’s Shot Put final with a season-best throw of 17.17 meters.
The duo of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale secured a historic bronze in Table Tennis Mixed Doubles after stunning the world No. 4 pair from Hong Kong to enter the semi-finals.
Seema Kumari, competing in her first Asiad, won a bronze medal in the 10,000m at the Asian Games, 16 years after Preeja Sreedharan and Kavita Raut’s historic gold-silver double in 2010.
Manipur’s Naorem Roshibina Devi won her third consecutive Asian Games medal, clinching silver after losing to Zhang Xiaoyu in the women’s 60kg wushu final on Thursday (September 24, 2026).
Jay Meena secured India’s first-ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games, fetching a bronze after losing to Japan’s Takuya Kurosaka in the men’s singles semifinals. Star Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu completed her medal collection, winning a silver medal in the women’s 49kg event in the Asian Games.
Lakshya Sen and Ayush Shetty faltered against higher-ranked opponents as the Indian men’s team concluded with a bronze medal after losing 1-3 to their rivals, China, in the semifinals.
The Indian Women’s Cricket Team clinched a historic victory at the Karogi Athletic Park in Nisshin, Aichi. Facing off against Sri Lanka in a high-stakes final, the Women in Blue triumphed to secure India’s very first gold medal of the tournament.
Meanwhile, shooters have led the charge for India. The women’s skeet team, comprising Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal, won a bronze with a combined score of 331 here on September 23, 2026.
Experienced rifle shooter Elavenil Valarivan played a starring role in the country’s double-silver haul in the women’s 10m air rifle competition. Elavenil, one of India’s most accomplished rifle shooters, helped the country secure silver in the team event along with Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod. She then went on to add an individual silver.
For the men’s side, teenager Himanshu Dhillon produced a superb performance to win silver, while former world champion Rudrankksh Patil clinched bronze as India secured two individual podium finishes in the men’s 10m air rifle event. The two then teamed up with Parth Mane to win another silver in the team event, finishing just behind China.
After an impressive start in shooting, India also managed to script history in Mixed Martial Arts (MMA), with Suchika Tariyal winning the nation’s first-ever bronze medal for MMA at the Asian Games.
A contingent of 501 Indian athletes, comprising 267 men and 234 women, is competing across 36 disciplines in the 2026 edition. Apart from shooting, athletics and archery too are expected to add to the medal tally. India is also defending both the men’s and women’s titles in cricket and kabaddi.
Here’s the full list of Team India’s medal winners at Aichi-Nagoya 2026.
Indian medallists — Full list of winners
Shooting
Elavenil Valarivan — Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Individual) – Silver
Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod — Women’s 10m Air Rifle (Team) – Silver
Himanshu Dhillon — Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Individual) – Silver
Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane — Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Team) – Silver
Rudrankksh Patil — Men’s 10m Air Rifle (Individua) – Bronze
Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Women’s skeet team – Bronze
Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmad Khan — Men’s skeet team – Bronze
Kamaljeet, Suruchi Singh — 10m air pistol mixed team – Gold
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudranksh Patil and Niraj Kumar — Men’s 50m rifle 3P team – Silver
Vidarsa Vinod, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen — Women’s 50m rifle 3P team – Silver
Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal — Mixed Team Skeet – Bronze
Esha Singh — Women’s 25m pistol – Silver
Mixed Martial Arts
Suchika Tariyal — Women’s Traditional MMA (60kg) – Bronze
Cricket
Harmanpreet Kaur (C), Smriti Mandhana (VC), Shafali Verma, Richa Ghosh, Jemimah Rodrigues, Deepti Sharma, Pooja Vastrakar, Titas Sadhu, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Minnu Mani, Kanika Ahuja, Uma Chetry, Anusha Bareddy, Amanjot Kaur, Devika Vaidya — Women’s T20 Tournament – Gold
Weightlifting
Mirabai Chanu — Women’s weightlifting (49 kg) – Silver
Soft tennis
Jay Meena — Soft tennis (men’s singles) – Bronze
Badminton
Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, HS Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Tharun Mannepalli, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, Hariharan Amsakarunan, MR Arjun, Dhruv Kapila — Men’s Badminton Team – Bronze
Wushu
Roshibina Devi — Women’s 60kg sanda – Silver
Rowing
Satnam Singh, Salman Khan bronze — Men’s double sculls – Bronze
Athletics
Seema Kumari — Women’s 10000m – Bronze
Vishal T.K., M.R. Poovamma, Manu T.S. and Vithya Ramraj — Mixed 4x400m relay – Silver
Manpreet Kaur — Women’s Shot Put – Bronze
Sawan Barwal — Men’s marathon – Silver .
Baranica Elangovan — Women’s pole vault – Bronze
Gulveer Singh — Men’s 10,000 metres – Silver
Prachi Chaudhary — Women’s 400m – Bronze
Haritha Bhadra — Women’s 200m – Bronze
Ancy Sojan — Women’s long jump – Silver
Tejaswin Shankar — Men’s decathlon – Bronze
Parul Chaudhary — Women’s 3000m steeplechase – Bronze
Sarvesh Kushare — Men’s high jump – Silver
Vithya Ramraj- 400 M hurdles- Bronze
Table Tennis
Manush Shah and Diya Chitale — Mixed Doubles – Bronze
Squash
Joshana Chinappa, Velavan Senthilkumar — Mixed doubles squash team – Bronze
Anahat Singh — Women’s Singles – Silver
Abhay Singh — Men’s Single – Silver
Kabaddi
Women’s kabaddi team – Gold
Men’s Kabaddi Team – Gold
Shot put
Tajinder Pal Singh Toor- Silver
Kurash
Pincky Balhara — Women’s (78kg) – Bronze
(With inputs from PTI)
