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Asian Games 2026: Double podium for India in men's 10m air rifle, Suchika Tariyal wins MMA bronze – Highlights
Get all the highlights from Asian Games 2026 on September 21, including Suchika Tariyal’s MMA semifinal, India’s shooting, hockey, badminton, table tennis, kabaddi and more.
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Asian Games 2026: India enjoyed another strong day at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, winning four shooting medals while continuing their impressive run across hockey, kabaddi, table tennis and badminton.
Himanshu Dhillon won silver and Rudrankksh Patil bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event, giving India their first-ever double podium in the event at the Asian Games. India also won silver in the team event through Rudrankksh, Himanshu and Parth Mane.
Suchika Tariyal created history by winning India’s first-ever Asian Games MMA medal, taking bronze in the women’s Traditional 60kg category.
The hockey teams continued their dominance, with the women thrashing Indonesia 17-1 and the men winning 13-1. India’s kabaddi teams also impressed, with the women beating Bangladesh 42-21 and the men defeating Japan 49-24.
The men’s and women’s table tennis teams both beat Pakistan 3-0, while the men’s badminton team defeated Bangladesh 3-0. Boxer Sumit Kundu and wushu fighters Roshibina Devi and Aryan also advanced in their respective events.
India will return on Tuesday with more medal opportunities, including the women’s cricket gold-medal match against Sri Lanka and the women’s badminton quarterfinal against Japan.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 21 Sept 2026 8:10 AM IST
Soft Tennis, Mixed Doubles Group Stage: India lose to Korea in final group match but advance to R16
Indian pair Jay Meena and Aadhya Tiwari face their first defeat of the tournament, losing 1-5 (1-4, 2-4, 2-4, 5-7, 4-1, 3-5) to South Korea in final group game.
The Korean pair started on high, winning the first three games comfortably, but then they were well challenged by the Indian pair as they pushed the fourth game to extra points.
Although the Indians couldn't win the game and Korea took a 4-0 lead, Jay and Aadhya continued to fight back and win the fifth game to further extend the fight.
But they couldn't find any more games and lost the match 2-5 after a hard-fought 7th game. However, they have still qualified for the knockout stage after finishing second in Group B.
- 21 Sept 2026 8:07 AM IST
Swimming, 4x200m Freestyle relay heats: India finish ninth
The Indian men’s 4x200m freestyle relay team missed out on a place in the final after finishing ninth with a time of 7:24.32s. The quartet of Aneesh Gowda, Sajan Prakash, Vedaant Madhvan and Dhakshan Shashikumar will be the first reserve for the final.
- 21 Sept 2026 7:50 AM IST
Table Tennis, Women's Team: Sreeja Akula leads India to a WIN!
It doesn't take longer than three games for Sreeja Akula either. She breezes past Fatima Khan 11-4, 11-4, 11-5.
India have swept past Pakistan in this contest, as expected.
IND 3-0 PAK
- 21 Sept 2026 7:50 AM IST
Swimming, Men's 50m Freestyle: Heer Gitesh Shah, Akash Mani out in Heats
India's Akash Mani and Heer Gitesh Shah bow out in the heats of men's 50m freestyle.
While Akash clocked 23.43s to finish 26th, Shah finished 28th overall with a timing of 23.57s.
- 21 Sept 2026 7:49 AM IST
Table Tennis, Women's Team: Syndrela Das takes down Kalsoom Khan
Syndrela Das records a comfortable victory over Kalsoom Khan. The 17-year-old Indian wins 11-6, 11-7, 11-5. Barely any struggles there for the teenager on her Asian Games debut.
If Sreeja Akula wins the next match, this will be a clean sweep for India!
IND 2-0 PAK
- 21 Sept 2026 7:35 AM IST
Sepak Takraw, Men's Team Regu: India-Japan in decider set
The second match of the tie is evenly poised, with India and Japan taking a set each. Japan claimed the opening set 15-12, but India bounced back in a high-intensity second set, edging it 17-15.
With the match still in the balance, India lead the tie 1-0.
- 21 Sept 2026 7:31 AM IST
Shooting, Men's 10m Air Rifle Qualification: Silver for Indian team; Rudrankksh & Himanshu into individual final
Third silver for India in shooting at these Asian Games as the defending champion Indian men's air rifle team couldn't challenge the strong Chinese team.
The trio of Rudrankksh Patil, Himanshu Dhillon and Parth Mane combined to score 1890.1, finishing second to China, which set a new world record with 1899.
Rudrankksh (631.8) and Himanshu (630.0) also qualified for the Individual final, which is set to take place at 9:00 AM IST.
- 21 Sept 2026 7:28 AM IST
Swimming, Men's 100m Breaststroke Heats: Danush finish 22nd overall
India's Danush Suresh finised 22nd overall in 100m breaststroke. Swimming in lane 7 of heat 2, Danush clocked 1:03.46s to missing out on a place in the final.
