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

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Recap of the day!

Shooting: Neeru Dhanda made history, winning India’s first individual women’s trap gold at the Asian Games with 28/30. It was also India’s first individual gold of the 2026 Games and ended a 48-year wait for a Trap gold. The women’s trap team of Neeru, Aashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer also won silver. Shapath Bharadwaj finished eighth in the men’s trap final.

Boxing: India had a mixed day but secured two finalists. Parveen Hooda stormed into the women’s 65kg final with a 5-0 win over Li Shu, while Ankush Panghal beat reigning world champion Fazliddin Erkinboev 4-1 to reach the men’s 80kg final. Narender Berwal lost 0-5 to Kazakhstan’s Oralbay Aibek in the +90kg semifinal and took bronze.

Athletics: India finished the athletics programme with 24 medals: 1 gold, 9 silver and 14 bronze, finishing sixth in the athletics medal table. The highlight was the women’s 4x400m relay, with Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj, Poovamma Raju and Kiran Pahal winning gold in 3:29.69. Gulveer Singh added bronze in the 5000m, Pooja Singh won bronze in the high jump, and the mixed 4x100m relay team won bronze with a national record of 41.06s. The men’s 4x400m relay team also took bronze.

Volleyball: India beat Qatar 3-2 in a dramatic five-setter after losing the opening two sets. India won the next three, including a 24-22 thriller in the deciding set, to finish the group stage with a perfect 3/3 record and advance to the quarterfinals as group toppers.

Tennis: Sumit Nagal and Dhakshineshwar Suresh advanced to the men's singles Round of 16 with straight-set wins. Nagal beat South Korea's Seongchan Hong 6-4, 6-0, while Suresh defeated Indonesia's Gunawan Trismwantara 7-5, 7-6. In mixed doubles, Ankita Raina and Balaji Narayanaswamy lost 4-6, 4-6 to Hong Kong's Eudice Chong and Kairan Thompson.

Archery: Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan reached the men's recurve quarterfinals. Neeraj produced one of the day's notable wins, knocking out three-time Olympic medallist Kim Je Deok of South Korea 6-4.

Squash: India's women's team stayed unbeaten in Pool C with a 3-0 win over Iran. Tanvi Khanna won the opening game before her opponent retired, while Anahat Singh and Joshna Chinappa also registered straight-games victories.

Cycling: India finished fifth in women's team pursuit with a time of 4:46.950. Both the men's and women's team sprint squads lost their first-round heats and exited the medal race.

Sports Climbing: Joga Purty set a new national record of 7.28s in the women's speed event to qualify for the last 16. She will return for the quarterfinals.

Canoeing: Pallavi Jagtap and Rina Sen advanced to the women's canoe single semifinals, finishing seventh and ninth, respectively, in the heats. Hitesh Ahlawat and Pradhyumna Singh Rathod also qualified for the men's kayak single semifinals.

Surfing: India's surfing campaign ended with Kishore Kumar Anbarasu losing in the men's shortboard quarterfinals to the Philippines' Toby Espejon.

Kurash: Vipin Kumar exited the men's -66kg competition after a 0-3 loss to South Korea's Yoon Hyeon Su.

Tennis: Raina-Narayanaswamy bow out in straight sets!

Ankita Raina and Balaji Narayanaswamy lose 4-6, 4-6 to Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong and Kairan Thompson in the mixed doubles first round.

India 0-2 Hong Kong

Tennis: India level the second set at 4-4!

Ankita Raina and Balaji Narayanaswamy are fighting back after losing the opening set 4-6. India lead 30-15 in the ninth game.

India 0-1 Hong Kong

Tennis: Hong Kong take the lead in the opening set

Ankita Raina and Balaji Narayanaswamy trail Eudice Chong and Kairan Thompson 4-6 in the first set.

India 0-1 Hong Kong

Tennis: Raina-Balaji level at 1-1

Ankita Raina and Balaji Narayanaswamy are locked at 1-1 in the opening set against Hong Kong’s Eudice Chong and Kairan Thompson. India lead 30-0 in the third game.

India 1-1 Hong Kong

India ends the 2026 Asian Games athletics campaign with 24 medals

The team finished 6th in the Asian Games athletics medal tally, behind China, Japan, Bahrain, Thailand and Uzbekistan.

India's Final Tally: 1 Gold, 9 Silver, 14 Bronze.

Athletics: Indian men's 4x400m team wins a bronze medal with a time of 3:01.61s

The Indian quartet of Vishal TK, Jay Kumar, Dharmveer Choudhary and Manu TS clocked 3:01.61 to win the bronze medal.

India took a gamble by benching experienced runner Rajesh Ramesh and bringing in Vishal TK for the anchor leg, but the move did not pay off as the team finished third.

This was India’s only remaining athletics gold medal to defend from the previous Asian Games. After failing to retain the last five, the team missed this one as well.

However, the Indian women’s team upgraded their silver from Hangzhou to gold, nullifying the loss of the men’s title.

Overall, India concluded the athletics programme with 24 medals: 1 gold, 9 silver and 14 bronze.

Indian women's 4x400m team wins first athletics GOLD medal of this edition

After missing a gold medal last time in Hangzhou, the Indian women's 4x400m team bounced back to the top and won their seventh Asian Games gold medal.

Indian quartet of Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj, Poovamma Raju and Kiran Pahal clocked a brilliant 3:29.69 to win India's first athletics gold in Aichi-Nagoya.

Indian team was outside the top 3 after the second leg, but then veteran Poovamma pulled back into the top two on the third leg, and then Vithya Ramraj showed an excellent kick to pip China for the gold medal.

Athletics, Women's High Jump Final: Pooja Singh wins bronze medal with 1.84m

Another disappointing outing for the youngster as she failed to clear the 1.87m mark and had to settle for a bronze medal with a best of 1.84m.

Pooja had no issues till 1.84m, clearing everything in first attempt but then she couldn't find any valid attempt at 1.87m, despite having a personal best of 1.93m.