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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 12:43 PM IST
Rowing: Indian Men's Quadruple Sculls Team into final; Men's Four team eliminated
Indian team in the quadruple sculls finished 3rd in Heat 1, clocking 6:18.62 and overall took 4th place in the Prelims to qualify for the 6-team final.
Meanwhile, the Men's Fours team was eliminated after finishing 7th, clocking 6:30.47s. Only the top six progressed to the medal final.
India ended its day in rowing with five of seven team/Individual into the medal finals.
- 23 Sept 2026 12:40 PM IST
Hockey, India W v/s Indonesia: 39' - Make that 7 for Deepika!
This time the drag flick is deflected off a rusher into the net. Goal No 7 for Deepika.
She had scored 8 in the tournament opener, which was a world record & she looks poised to overturn that.
IND 15-0 THA
- 23 Sept 2026 12:35 PM IST
Hockey, India W v/s Thailand: 36' -
It is a joke at this point. Deepika Sehrawat with a drag flick to the top left corner. Goal No 6 for her.
That's a second double hat-trick in the tournament for her. Simply outlandish!
IND 14-0 THA
- 23 Sept 2026 12:35 PM IST
Badminton, Men’s Team Semifinals: Lakshya 16-21, 18-21 YuQi
a spectacular play by both Lakshya Sen and Shi YuQi. A beautiful cross drop along the net, has Lakshya surprised.
Two match points for the Chinese and he gets it in the first attempt. Closes the game with an amazing smash at 21-18.
India trails 0-1 in the tie.
Score: Lakshya 16-21, 18-21 YuQi.
- 23 Sept 2026 12:34 PM IST
Hockey, India W v/s Thailand: 35' - Hat-trick, Navneet!
The midfield for Thailand is just leaving too much open space for India to move the ball around. A brilliant move once again and Rutuja's first-touch pass puts Navneet Kaur 1v1 with the goalkeeper.
She just chips the ball over the goalkeeper into the net. A hat-trick for Navneet, her second in two matches.
IND 13-0 THA
- 23 Sept 2026 12:29 PM IST
Hockey, India W v/s Thailand: 32' - Deepika with the usual
A penalty corner for India and Deepika beats the goalkeeper to the left with a drag flick.
IND 12-0 THA
- 23 Sept 2026 12:21 PM IST
Fencing: Gisho N Padma bows out in R16; ends India's campaign
Gisho N Padma, the lone Indian fencer in the last 16 today, faced an 11-15 defeat to Kazakhstan's Artyom Sarkissyan in the men's sabre event.
This also ended India's second day of fencing competition without a medal, as the other male Sabre Fencer, Karan Singh, had faced a round-of-32 defeat to China's Shaotong Luo.
In the Women's Foil event, Mina Devi and Joys Stalinraj also faced a defeat in the round of 32 earlier today.
- 23 Sept 2026 12:18 PM IST
Squash, Women's Singles: Tanvi Khanna starts on winning note
Tanvi Khanna advances to the Round of 16 in squash at the Asian Games
India’s Tanvi Khanna defeated South Korea’s Kim Dami 3-0 ( 11-5, 11-7, 11-5) in the Women’s Singles Round of 32!
- 23 Sept 2026 12:17 PM IST
Badminton, Men’s Team Semifinals: YuQi in lead again
That was an unbelivable rally!! Lakshya Sen dives to get an almost dead shuttle to return and end up on the winning end.
Score: Lakshya 16-21, 9-10 YuQi
