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Asian Games 2026: Manu Baker finishes 5th; Mirabai Chanu wins silver – Highlights
Get all the Highlights from the Asian Games 2026 on September 23, with plenty of action across weightlifting, shooting, badminton, hockey, kabaddi and more.
Asian Games 2026 LIVE: Mirabai Chanu headlines India’s medal hunt – Blog, updates (Photo credit: PTI)
India built on its first medal tally of the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games on Wednesday, adding five more medals from the day with Mirabai Chanu winning the weightlifting silver.
The country has now collected twelve medals, including one gold, five silver and six bronze, but has slipped down to 13th in the medal tally.
Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women’s 49kg category with a 198kg total, securing her maiden Asian Games medal. The Olympic silver medallist won an Asian Games weightlifting medal for India since Karnam Malleswari’s silver in 1998.
Manu Bhaker finished fifth in the women’s 10m air pistol final as India finished the women's air pistol event without any medal.
However, India won bronze in both the men’s and women’s skeet team events, and Jay Meena secured India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis with a men’s singles bronze.
India lost 1-3 to China in the men’s team semifinal and settled for bronze. Indian Kabaddi teams continued their winning streak and advanced to the semis to confirm medals.
As it happened:
Live Updates
- 23 Sept 2026 7:17 AM IST
Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle Heat: Aneesh first reserve, Vedaant out
Aneesh Gowda clocked 1:51.20s to finish fourth in his heat and 11th overall. He is the first reserve for the finals.
Meanwhile, Vedaant Madhavan, also swimming in the same heat, clocked 1:52.01s to finish sixth and 13th overall.
- 23 Sept 2026 7:05 AM IST
Canoeing, Women's Single 200m Heats: Megha Pradeep in semifinal
Megha Pradeep qualified for the semifinal with 49.675 in the Women's Single 200m Heats. Megha was competing in the Heat 1 and finished fifth +2.733 behind the leader.
- 23 Sept 2026 6:58 AM IST
Sepak Takraw, Men's Team Regu: India goes up 1-0
Indian team won their first match to go 1-0 (15-7, 15-10) up in the tie. They are leading 1-0 in the second match (15-9) against Philippines.
If India wins from here they will have a strong chance to make it to the semifinals as the second best team from Group B.
- 23 Sept 2026 6:57 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 10m air pistol: Esha, Suruchi struggling
Manu Bhaker is off to a good start and is among the top shooters in the qualification rounds. Debutant Suruchi Phogat and Esha Singh seem to be struggling for rhythm.
The two series both of them have shot so far have been underwhelming. And they have been much slower than the rest of the pack as well.
Not encouraging signs for India, this.
- 23 Sept 2026 6:51 AM IST
Swimming, Men's 100m Butterfly: Rohit Benediction finish 13th
Rohit Benediction finished fourth in his heat and 13th overall. he clocked 53.08s in the morning heats.
Sajan Prakash did not swim the event.
- 23 Sept 2026 6:33 AM IST
Shooting, Men's & Women's Skeet: Naruka, Dhillon in focus
It is the D-day of skeet qualification & the final. In men's skeet Anantjeet Singh Naruka climbed up the standings exceptionally on Tuesday and is now the joint leader. If he maintains the form, he has a good chance of making the final.
Elsewhere, in women's skeet Raiza Dhillon is placed fifth and seems poised to reach final. In the women's team event, India are placed well ahead of the fourth-placed team before the start of days play.
So, a medal might just be in the horizon with Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan, and Parinaaz Dhaliwal.
- 23 Sept 2026 6:32 AM IST
Fencing, Women's Foil: Naorem Mina Devi, Ashitha in action
Naorem Mina Devi and Ashitha Joys Stalinraj will be in action in women's Foil.
Naorem will be in Pool 1 while Ashitha is in Pool 2
- 23 Sept 2026 6:25 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 10m air pistol: Manu's ceremonial kit controversy
Manu Bhaker was persuaded to be India's flag bearer in the opening ceremony, a role she wasn't very keen on, as per reports.
Then struck the drama with the ceremonial kit allotted to her not fitting her body size. She eventually had to borrow a jacket from the shooting team masseuse and shoes from someone else as she strode out that evening.
Watch more:
- 23 Sept 2026 6:22 AM IST
Shooting, Women's 10m air pistol: Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh, Suruchi start campaign
India's double Olympic medallist, Manu Bhaker, is in action at the Aichi Prefectural Shooting Gallery. Accompanying her are former medallist Esha Singh, and the fast rising Suruchi Phogat, who has taken the ISSF circuit by storm since her debut.
After the gold medals which India left behind in rifle events, this could very well be where the country shoots its first yellow metal.
Stay tuned!
- 23 Sept 2026 6:18 AM IST
Rowing, Men's Doubles Sculls: Satnam-Salman reach Final A!
Satnam and Salman, who were moved from quadruple sculls to doubles sculls, have also made the final A for medals.
They finish second in Heat 2, clocking 6:15.63s to row through!
