Asian Games
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 7:04 AM IST
Tennis, Men's Singles: Sumit Nagal's match delayed
Sumit Nagal's men's singles Round 2 contest against Hong Seong Chan of South Korea has been delayed. It was expected to begin around 6:30 am IST.
- 28 Sept 2026 6:20 AM IST
Shooting, 25m Pistol Rapid Qualification: Manu, Esha, Rahi in action
The rapid stage of women's 25m pistol is underway. Esha was in the top eight after precision yesterday. Manu and Rahi need to be at their best to help India climb further up.
All three of them shoot in different relays. So, expect this event to go on for long.
- 28 Sept 2026 5:46 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound: Ganesh Thirumuru takes down Sahil Jadhav
An unfortuante all-India clash as early as the Round of 16 in men's compound individual and it is Ganesh Thirumuru, who knocks out the best Indian in ranking out, Sahil Jadhav.
Ganesh doesn't have the best of starts, dropping a point in the first set, but then goes on to score a perfect 30 in remaining of the sets.
Jadhav dropped a point each in the second and under pressure in the final set to see his individual campaign come to an end.
Ganesh moves to quarter-finals!
- 28 Sept 2026 5:21 AM IST
Surfing, Men's Shortboard: Sivaraj Babu EXITS
Sivaraj Babu, who had made it to the Last 16 after a win in Round 2 on Sunday, is shown the exit door rather easily early in the morning.
Sivaraj loses 7.83-11.50 to Philippines Alcio Jayuard in Round 3.
This leaves Kishore Kumar Anbarasu, who had qualified for Round 3 directly by topping his Round 1 heat, as the lone Indian standing on surfing's Asian Games debut.
Kishore will Ma Weng song of China later in the day.
- 28 Sept 2026 5:17 AM IST
Archery, Men's Compound: Sahil, Ganesh start with wins
India's Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Thirumuru start their men's compound individual campaign with a win.
Jadhav, who was the best Indian in the qualification round, takes down Mongolia 149-137 in a comfortable Round of 32 win, while Ganesh Thirumuru staves off a stiff challenge from Indonesia 144-142 to move into the pre-quarter stage.
Unfortunately for Jadhav, Thirumuru, and India, the duo is slated to go up against each other in the next round, which will begin minutes from now.
Who do you think will survive?
- 28 Sept 2026 5:07 AM IST
2022 Hangzhou v/s 2026 Aichi Nagoya: What changed for India?
At the Games in Hangzhou three years ago, India had 53 medals, including 13 gold after eight days. At the end of Day 8 in 2026 Aichi-Nagoya, India's tally stood at 37 with mere four gold.
What do you think went wrong?
- 28 Sept 2026 5:06 AM IST
Gooood Morninggg!
Hello and a warm welcome to The Bridge's LIVE coverage of the 2026 Asian Games.
The second half of the continental Games is well and truly underway and India still have major heavy lifting to do climb through the ranks in the medal tally.
After faltering in the women's 10m air pistol, the focus will be on Manu Bhaker and Esha Singh to add something to that tally, preferably a gold.
Also starting their campaign at the Games would be Shreyas Iyer and boys in men's cricket against Afghanistan in the quarter-finals, eyeing to defend their title.
Archers, boxers, surfers, sailors and a host of other Indian athletes will also be in action during the course of the day.
Stay tuned for all the latest updates!
