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Asian Games 2026 : Vithya Ramraj sets NR to win bronze; Gulveer, Sreeshankar win silver - Highlights
India won six medals at the Asian Games on September 28, led by athletics silvers and bronzes from Murali Sreeshankar, Gulveer Singh and others.

Esha Singh. (Photo credit: PTI)
Asian Games 2026: India enjoyed another strong medal haul at the 2026 Asian Games on Monday, winning six medals across athletics, shooting and kurash while also advancing in boxing and several team sports.
Athletics produced five medals for India. Murali Sreeshankar won silver in the men's long jump, while Gulveer Singh took silver in the 1500m. Yashvir Singh, Vithya Ramraj and Parul Chaudhary added bronze medals in the javelin throw, 400m hurdles and 5000m, respectively. Yashvir also became the first Indian to qualify for the 2027 World Athletics Championships, while Vithya broke PT Usha's 42-year-old national record in the 400m hurdles.
Esha Singh added silver in the women's 25m pistol, while Pincky Balhara won bronze in the women's -78kg Kurash category.
India also secured three more boxing medals as Lovlina Borgohain, Priya Ghanghas and Kapil Pokhariya advanced to their respective semifinals.
Highlights:
Live Updates
- 28 Sept 2026 2:25 PM IST
Priya eyes semifinal spot and medal!
India’s Priya faces Tajikistan’s Miigona Samadova in the quarterfinals. A win would take Priya into the semifinals and assure her of a medal.

- 28 Sept 2026 2:22 PM IST
Squash: India take on South Korea
India face South Korea in their second team match of the day. Velavan Senthilkumar takes on Na Jooyoung in the opening match, with India coming into this tie after beating China in their first match.

- 28 Sept 2026 2:21 PM IST
Squash, Women's Group Stage: Tanvi Khanna wins! India beat Japan 2-1
Tanvi Khanna confirmed a 2-1 win for India after taking down Akari Midorikawa of Japan 3-1 (12-10, 11-9, 4-11, 12-10) in the third singles.
Tanvi had to fight hard in each of these games, as he had to put up big comebacks in the three games she won, but eventually she came out on top and delivered a win.
This, followed by a 2-1 win over China earlier in the day, has confirmed India's place in the last eight, with one group tie against Iran still left for Tuesday.

- 28 Sept 2026 1:50 PM IST
Sailing, Mixed Dinghy: Shraddha-Ravindra is in 7th place after 5 races
Indian pair Ravindra Sharma and Shraddha Verma are in 7th place after five races with a net total of 23 points.
After a disqualification in the first race, the pair recorded four valid sails, finishing 5th, 8th, 4th and 6th.
With just five more races to go before deciding the podium, the Indian pair need some wins to come anywhere close to the top 3, which currently have a cut-off at 9 points.

- 28 Sept 2026 1:30 PM IST
Squash, Women's Group Stage: Anahat Singh loses to world No.6! India 1-1 Japan
Satomi Watanabe has a slight redemption as she avenged her women's singles semi-final loss against Anahat Singh with a 3-2 (11-8, 8-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9) win in the team event.
Anahat was in a position to beat the world No.6 player in their back-to-back meetings, having a 2-1 lead, but then the home favourite bounced back to win the next two and take the tie score to 1-1.
Up next: Tanvi Khanna vs Akari Midorikawa: The result of this match will decide the winner of the tie

- 28 Sept 2026 12:50 PM IST
Squash, Women's Group Stage: Joshna Chinappa wins! India 1-0 Japan
Joshna Chinappa claimed her second win of the day, taking down Japan's Erisa Sano 3-0 (11-1, 11-8, 11-9) in the first match of the tie.
India now leads 1-0 in their second group tie and needs just one more match win to remain unbeaten in the group.
Up next: Anahat Singh vs Satomi Watanabe: A rematch from the singles semifinal, where Anahat stunned the world No. 6

- 28 Sept 2026 11:45 AM IST
Shooting: Esha Singh wins India's first individual pistol medal at the 2026 Asian Games
The world record holder bagged a silver medal in the 25m pistol event.
- 28 Sept 2026 11:23 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 25m Pistol Final: Esha Singh wins silver; after losing the second shoot-off for gold
Esha once again levelled the scores with China’s Jiaruixuan Xiao after the final series at 38/50 each, as she hit 4/5 in comparison to Xiao's 3/5.
The contest then went into a shoot-off, where both Esha and Xiao scored 4/5, forcing a second shoot-off. In the second shoot-off, Xiao edged past Esha 3-2 to clinch the gold medal, while Esha settled for silver.
Nonetheless, a very good outing for Esha, as she had to compete in five shoot-offs before getting a silver. This is the second back-to-back 25m pistol silver for Esha, who did the same three years back in Hangzhou.

- 28 Sept 2026 11:16 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 25m Pistol Final: Esha Singh confirms a place in top two after surviving three shoot-offs
Esha was tied for second with North Korea's Kim Hyon Suk with 34/45 shots, and the elimination went into a shoot-off where both Esha and Kim scored 3/5 each, and it went into a second shoot-off.
In the second shoot-off, the scores were again tied, with both shooters hitting three, but then Esha won the third shoot-off with 3-2 to confirm a place in the top 2.

- 28 Sept 2026 11:05 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 25m Pistol Final: Esha Singh confirms a medal with a perfect series
Esha Shot 5/5 on her 8th series and is now in third place with 31/32 hits and is just one shot away from two joint leaders from North Korea and China.

