Asian Games 2026: Roshibina wins silver; Bronze in rowing, two medals in Athletics – Highlights

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Good night, everyone! That’s a wrap for today. Thank you for following along with us. We’ll see you on September 25 with more events, more medals and plenty more athletics action. Stay tuned!

September 24 recap!

Hockey: India’s men continued their dominant run with an 8-2 win over South Korea, making it three straight wins in the group stage. Abhishek scored twice, while Dilpreet Singh also struck twice. India remain unbeaten.

Kabaddi: India’s women remained unbeaten in the group stage after a 50-25 win over Japan. Japan showed plenty of fight, particularly Yuri, but India pulled away to secure another comfortable victory. India’s men also booked their place in the semifinals with a 37-21 win over Chinese Taipei, assuring themselves of a medal. They top Group A and will face Thailand in the semifinals.

Squash: Veer Chotrani survived a five-game thriller against Malaysia’s Sanjay Jeeva, winning 3-2 to reach the quarterfinals. He will face Pakistan’s Muhammad Irfan, with a win guaranteeing a medal. Abhay Singh also reached the quarterfinals with a straight-game win over Sri Lanka’s Ravindu Laksiri. He beat him 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 and is now one win away from a medal. Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna both won their respective Round of 16 matches and set up an all-Indian quarterfinal.

Shooting: Anantjeet Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal won bronze in mixed team skeet, finishing level on 44 hits with South Korea but taking bronze based on their lower qualification score.

Wushu: Roshibina Devi won silver in the women’s 60kg Sanda, completing a hat-trick of Asian Games medals after her silver in 2022 and bronze in 2018.

Rowing: Satnam Singh and Salman Singh won bronze in the men’s double sculls, keeping India’s streak of rowing medals at the Asian Games alive. India finished the rowing programme with one medal from the event.

Athletics: Seema Kumari won bronze in the women’s 10,000m, ending India’s 16-year wait for a medal in the event. The mixed 4x400m relay team also won silver, while Asha Ilango narrowly missed bronze in the triple jump, finishing fourth on countback.

Boxing: Sakshi’s women’s 51kg campaign ended in the Round of 16 after a 2-3 split-decision defeat to Kazakhstan’s Alua Balkibekova. Parveen, meanwhile, advanced to the women’s 65kg quarterfinals via walkover.

Table Tennis: Manush Shah opened his men’s singles campaign with a 4-0 win over Malaysia’s Wong Qi Shen to reach the Round of 32.

Gymnastics: Pranati Nayak finished sixth in the women’s vault final with a score of 13.100, bringing India’s gymnastics campaign to an end.

Athletics, Mixed 4x400m Relay: India bags a silver medal, clocking 3:14.46

The Indian quartet of Vishal TK, Manu TS, Vithya Ramraj and Poovamma Raju clocked 3:14.46 to claim the silver medal behind Bahrain (3:12.87).

India made a poor start and were lying fifth, but the national record holder Vishal produced a strong third leg that lifted the team into medal contention.

And then, after the final exchange, Vithya Ramraj produced a powerful finishing dash to edge out Vietnam and secure silver.

India ended Day 1 of athletics with two medals - one silver and one bronze.

Athletics, Women's 10,000m Final: Bronze medal for Seema; ends 16-year wait for a 10,000m medal

Seema clocks 32:50.05s in the final to bring home a bronze medal, behind Bahraini Winfred Yavi) and Japanese runner (Nozomi Tanaka).

She was always in the leading pack of 5-6 runners and didn't try an extra push before the final 1,000 m, where she made a slight push to jump up to the top three and held on to her position to confirm a medal.

This medal also ended India's 16-year wait for a medal in the women's 10,000m at the Asian Games, since a gold-silver double podium in 2010.

Athletics, Women's Triple Jump Final: Asha Ilango finishes in heartbreaking 4th place; misses out on medal

A heartbreaking fourth-place finish on her Asian Games debut for Asha. She missed out on the bronze medal on countback to China’s Yi Li.

Both athletes recorded a best jump of 13.83m, but Asha’s second-best effort of 13.65m was inferior to Li’s 13.79m, allowing the Chinese athlete to edge her out.

Athletics, Women's Triple Jump Final: Asha Ilango again fails to beat the 13.80m mark; still on 4th after 5 attempts

Asha improved her countback mark to 13.65m but it is still way behind Yi Li's 13.79m, and with the best of 13.83m, she is still in 4th place.

With just one more attempt left to go, Asha needs to find that 13.80m or better jump to avoid a heartbreaking 4th-place finish on debut.

Athletics, Women's Triple Jump FInal: Asha Ilango remains in 4th place with a 13.63m jump on her fourth

Asha needed another jump of at least 13.80 m to claim a podium spot, as she is currently tied for third with a best of 13.83 m alongside China’s Li Yi.

However, Li’s second-best mark stands at 13.79 m, so Asha would have to better that distance to overtake her on countback.

She has two more attempts left to achieve that mark.

Athletics, Women's Triple Jump FInal: Niharika Vashisht finishes in 10th place with the best of 13m

Niharika was unable to improve on her third attempt, managing only a 12.60 m leap and finishing the competition in 10th place.

Her second attempt of 13.00 m proved to be her best, falling 64 centimetres short of her personal best from earlier this season.

Asha Ilango, meanwhile, confirmed a place in the top-8 with a big improvement to a 13.83m jump on her third attempt and will continue for the next three attempts.

Kabaddi: India 50-25 Japan

India remain unbeaten in the group stage after a 50-25 victory over Japan. Japan were outstanding, particularly Yuri, and pushed India hard in the second half, but the defending champions maintained their advantage to secure another comfortable win.

Athletics, Men's 100m Round 1: Gurindervir Singh qualifies for the semis with 10.38s

The national record holder clocked 10.38s in heat 4 to finish second and qualify for the semi-finals. Oman's Malham Al Balushi won the heat with 10.29s

The semi-final action will be tomorrow.