Asian Games 2026: Women's 4*400m relay team wins India's first athletics gold – Highlights

Athletics, Men's Pole Vault: Both Dev Meena & Kuldeep Kumar clear the 5.20m mark

Not a first-time clearance this time, but both Indian pole vaulters registered a valid 5.20m jump on their respective second attempts.

11 of the 12 athletes are still alive in the competition, and six of them have yet to take their first jump. 

The next height is set at 5.35m.

Athletics, Men's Pole Vault: Kuldeep Kumar starts with a successful 5.05m jump

Indian pole vaulter Kuldeep Kumar had a first attempt clearance at the height of 5.05m, while Dev Meena decided to skip this height.

The next height will be 5.20m.

Sports Climbing, Women's Speed Final: Joga Purty sets NR to qualify for last 16

Joga Purty sets a new national record in the women's speed 4 event, clocking 7.28s on her second of the four attempts to qualify for the final 16.

She started with an 8.84s, but then improved it to 7.28s, shattering her previous best of 7.37s. This time was the 9th-best in the heats.

She had another good time of 7.30s in the Lane C and then a 10.88s in Lane D, but the 7.28s from Lane B proved to be her best.

Now, she will return tomorrow for the quarterfinals, where the 4 heats will have 4 athletes each, and the top two from each heat will qualify for the semis.

Tennis: Men's Singles: DK Suresh & Sumit Nagal advance to last 16

Good start for Indian singles players as both Dhakshineshwar Suresh and Sumit Nagal advanced to the third round with straight-sets wins.

Dhakshineshwar defeated Indonesia's Gunawan Trismwantara, 7-5, 7-6, while Sumit defeated South Korea's Seongchan Hong, 6-4, 6-0.

Nagal started his match yesterday, but it was rescheduled to the next day because of the rain; the Indian kept his composure and converted it into straight sets, including a second-set bagel.

Cycling, Women's Team Pursuit: India finish fifth

India finish fifth in the women's team pursuit event. They were racing against the clock and recorded a timing of 4:46.950.

Cycling, Team Sprint: India lose their first round races

The Indian men's and women's sprint cycling teams lost their respective first round heats to crash out of medal contention. 

While the women went down to Chinese Taipei by 0.923s, the men lost to China by over 2s.

Shooting, Men's Trap Final: Shapath Bharadwaj finishes in 8th place

Shapath Bhardwaj had 4/5 hits in the second series, but it was not enough for him as he ended with 7/10 hits after the first two series.

Despite two more shooters having the same score, Shapath finished last because of a lower bib no.

Shapath was placed last in the qualifying round and hence needed at least one more hit than the two shooters to survive, but he couldn't.

Shooting, Men's Trap Final: Shapath Bharadwaj in last place after first series with 3/5 hits

Shapath Bhardwaj had a poor start with just 3/5 hits in the first series and is currently in last place because of a lower bib no., despite two more shooters at the same score.

Shapath placed last in the qualifying round and hence needs at least one more hit than the two shooters to survive after the next series as the two lowest-ranked shooters will be eliminated.

Boxing, Men's +90kg: NARENDER WINS BRONZE

There's the inevitable.

Narender was barely interested in attacking early on in the third quarter. A minute in, he finally starts to launch. 

A few clean punches landed before he goes back into the shell. Aibek retaliates with a combination of punches.

With just over 50s left in the bout, the referee hands Narender Berwal a standing count warning as well. 

The writing is on the wall. He will go back from the 2026 Asian Games with a bronze medal.

Narender loses by a 0-5 unanimous decision. An unfortunate end to his campaign.

Boxing, Men's +90kg: Narender loses second round 0-5

Narender unwilling to take the initiative and attack despite that massive 0-5 decision against him in the first round.

He is still relying on the counter and I doubt he is doing himself any good by doing so. The Indian is trying to hide behind his guard and launch punches, but Aibek isn't having any of it. 

That's round 2 lost unanimously as well for Narender. He needs to come out swinging in the final round to stand even the minutest of chances.