India is in 10th place on medal tally after the first day of action

India clinched two medals on the opening day of the Asian Games 2026, with Elavenil Valarivan winning the women's air rifle silver and the Indian women's air rifle team winning the silver.

Here is the medal tally after the first day:

India win two shooting silvers, with more medals assured at the Asian Games 🥈

🎯 Shooting: Elavenil Valarivan won silver in the women's 10m air rifle with 252.4 points, India's first-ever Asian Games silver in the event. She, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod also took team silver… pic.twitter.com/iIVtcoqPJV
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Update: 2026-09-21 00:06 GMT

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India is in 10th place on medal tally after the first day of action

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