Asian Games 2026: Suruchi-Kamaljeet clinch gold; Baranica Elangovan wins India's first-ever pole vault medal- Highlights
Badminton, Mixed Doubles R32: Comfortable start for Dhruv Kapila-Tanisha Crasto
A very solid start to their mixed doubles campaign for India's highest ranked pair of Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto.
They were never really challenged by the pair from Maldives, registering a 21-8, 21-7 victory in just 19 minutes.
Surfing, Women's Shortboard: Not a good start for India
There's surfing's official debut at the Asian Games. India are represented in both women's shortboard and men's shortboard with the former starting off the campaign.
Sugar Shanti Gayen, surfing in Heat 3, finished last of the three competitors. She recorded a total score of 3.84, earning 2.67 points with her first wave before falling to an even poorer 1.17 in her second. It has left her 6.51 point behind the heat leader.
Kamali Prakash, meanwhile, has had an even more disappointing outing in two-surfer Heat 5. She gets 2.67 points with her first wave before going down to 1.07 with her second. The other surfer in her heat has a total of 10.93, making the Indian's 3.74 look even more bad.
Rowers Satnam Singh and Salman Khan save the day for Indian rowers!
The Indain rowers could only collect ONE medal, a bronze in men's double scull. Satnam Singh and Salman Khan won the only bronze as controversy surrounded the Indian rowing up in the lead up to their events. Read here.
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The Indian contingent added five medals (two silver and three bronze) yesterday, taking its overall tally to 17 medals (1 gold, 7 silver, 9 bronze). India currently sits 15th in the medal standings.
There are multiple medal events lined up today, with action in shooting, athletics, squash, swimming and several other sports.
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