Asian Games 2026: Compound archers win 3 gold; Neeru-Kynan follow – Highlights

Archery, Men's Compound Team Semis: India extend their lead

An eight and a nine that End 2 of six shots from South Korea and India utlitise that opportunity to extend their lead.

A near-perfect end for India, who shoot 59 out of 60, with Ganesh Thirumuru the only one faltering to a nine.

IND 119-115 KOR

Archery, Men's Compound Semis: A perfect start for India!

Six tens across the two rotations and they make South Korea for their first shot in the match, which was an 8.

IND 60-58 KOR

Archery, Men's Compound Team Semis: India v/s South Korea

After twin gold medals in compound archery today, the men's team are now in action.

The trio of Kushal Dalal, Ganesh Thirumuru, and Sahil Jadhav go up against South Korea.

Jadhav had won the mixed compound gold with Chikitha with a win over South Korea just an hour ago.

#News | Lovlina Borgohain advances to the final in women’s 75kg boxing at the Asian Games.
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The Olympics bronze medalist defeated Kazakhstan’s Natalya Bogdanova by 3-2 in the semi-final.

Lovlina lost Round 1 on 2-3 split, but turned the bout around by winning the second… pic.twitter.com/0vtOvFZfPG

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Boxing, Women’s 75kg semis: Lovlina Borgohain in FINAL!

Lovlina Borgohain beat Natalya Bogdanova of Kazakhstan 3-2 to advance to the final.  She will now face China's Ziyi Bao in the final. Her Kazak opponent was a bronze medalist from the Hangzhou 2023 edition. 

#News | Priya Ghanghas wins bronze in women’s 60kg boxing 🇮🇳🥉

India’s Priya Ghanghas lost to China’s Yang Chengyu by a 1-4 split decision in the semi-final.

The two had previously met at the Asian Championships, where Priya defeated Yang.#asiangames #AichiNagoya2026 pic.twitter.com/iNrNX9uY9p

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Boxing, Women’s 60kg Semis: Priya Ghanghas settles for BRONZE!

What a crazy crazy fight! Priya lost to China's Yangwith 1-4 in a hard-fought women's 60kg semifinal. 

The opening round went in favour of the Chinese boxer with three in favour and two in Priya's favour.

Neither boxer was ready to hold back, with both going all out and throwing a combination of shots right from the opening quarter and carrying the same momentum in the second. 

In the third and final quarter, Priya went for a combination of 1-2 punches, maintained her distance but eventually lost 1-4.  

Priya's opponent was 10 years senior.

Judo, Women's 48Kg Repechage: Asmita Dey advances to bronze medal bout with a win

Asmita recorded a win on Yuko against Hong Kong's Wong Ka lee in the repechage and booked her place in the bronze medal bout.

She was pushed to overtime by Wong, but after a long stretch, Asmita finally found a scoring point with a side throw and won the bout.

Wrestling, Women's 68Kg: Nisha Dhaiya bows out in repechage, losing via pinfall

Nisha got a second chance after the North Korean wrestler who defeated her in the first round reached the final and gave the Indian a repechage

But she had another disappointing outing, losing in the repechage to South Korea's Hyeonyeong Park after conceding a pinfall in the second round.

Nisha was leading 4-1 in the second round when Park found a big 4-point throw and put Nisha on her back and completed the pinfall.

Archery, Compound Mixed Team Final: INDIA WINS GOLD!

Both Sahil Jadhav and Chikitha Taniparthi hit 10s. 

Korea have hit a ten with their first arrow. If they hit a ten again, it will be decided by who is closer to the centre of the target.

But it won't come to that. Korea shoots a 9.

India have won yet another gold medal in compound archery! Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav also secure an Olympic quota for the 2028 LA Games!