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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 2:55 PM IST
Weightlifting: Women’s 53kg Final – Gyaneshwari Yadav!
Gyaneshwari Yadav finishes her Asian Games debut with a 195kg total. She lifted 84kg and 87kg in snatch before missing 90kg on her final attempt.
In clean and jerk, she missed her opening 105kg attempt but recovered to clear 105kg on her second try before successfully lifting 108kg on her final attempt.
- 23 Sept 2026 2:54 PM IST
Weightlifting: Women’s 53kg Final
Clean & Jerk: Gyaneshwari Yadav clears 108kg on her final attempt! What a way to finish her Asian Games debut. She ends the clean and jerk with a best lift of 108kg, taking her overall total to 195kg.
- 23 Sept 2026 2:49 PM IST
Weightlifting: Women’s 53kg Final
Clean & Jerk: Gyaneshwari Yadav gets it right on her second attempt at 105kg after missing her opener. She is back in contention with one attempt remaining
- 23 Sept 2026 2:45 PM IST
Weightlifting: Women’s 53kg Final
Clean & Jerk: Gyaneshwari Yadav fails her opening 105kg attempt, unable to get the bar overhead. She will have two more attempts in the clean and jerk.
- 23 Sept 2026 2:43 PM IST
Kabaddi, Men's Team Group Stage: India confirms a medal with a 48-25 win over Bangladesh
Indian men's kabaddi team continue their winning streak with a dominant 48-25 win over Bangladesh in their third group stage match.
India started the match with a blistering 29-9 blowout in the first half, followed by a cautious 19-16 second half.
This was India's third consecutive win, followed by wins against Japan and South Korea earlier in the competition, and they now have 6 points and are at the top of the group stage.
This also confirmed their medal, as the team qualified for the semi-final despite one match still pending against Chinese Taipei.
- 23 Sept 2026 2:36 PM IST
Weightlifting: Women’s 53kg Final
Clean & Jerk: Gyaneshwari Yadav will begin the clean and jerk with 105kg as her opening attempt. She finished the snatch with a best lift of 87kg.
- 23 Sept 2026 2:25 PM IST
Badminton, Men’s Team Semifinals: Ayush trails 6-11 at Game 2
Ayush hasn't been able to convert the opportunities he had, where as Li has capitalized on these very well and has taken the early lead.
Will Ayush Stage a Comebackkk?
- 23 Sept 2026 2:11 PM IST
Badminton, Men’s Team Semifinals: Ayush loses the first game 19-21.
Ayush lost the lead after the mid-game interval and Li Shi Feng kept Ayush behind all the way through, as he enleashed some sharp smashes and Ayush couldn't return it back in time.
- 23 Sept 2026 2:10 PM IST
Weightlifting: Women’s 53kg Final
Snatch: Gyaneshwari Yadav misses her third attempt at 90kg. She finishes the snatch portion with a best lift of 87kg and will now move on to the clean and jerk.
