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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 11:34 AM IST
Hockey, IND W v/s THA: India off to a stellar start
The Indian women's hockey team are on the field once again and they are off to a stellar start. It, of course, is Deepika Sehrawat who starts the goalfest.
An early penalty corner and its a drag flick into the net as early as the second minute.
IND 1-0 THA
- 23 Sept 2026 11:31 AM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 49Kg Final: Mirabai Chanu starts with a 107Kg lift; currently on top
Mirabi Chanu starts with a successful lift at 107Kg and is currently at the top with a total of 194kg.
The North Korean weightlifter is yet to start and is listed at 116 kg.
- 23 Sept 2026 11:29 AM IST
Squash, Men's Singles: Abhay Singh off to a winning start
Abhay Singh gets India off to a winning start on squash courts. He takes down Thailand's Arkaradet Arkarnhirunya of Thailand 3-0 in men's singles Round of 32.
- 23 Sept 2026 11:23 AM IST
Shooting, Women's Skeet Final: Parinaaz Dhaliwal finishes in 8th place
Dhaliwal had a poor start in the final, having hit just 2 out of 4 shots in the first series but then bounced back-to-back with four out of four in the second.
However, she couldn't continue the momentum and once again had just two hits and finished the competition in 8th place with just 8 out of 12 hits.
Meanwhile, Raiza Dhillon is in top 6.
- 23 Sept 2026 11:05 AM IST
Boxing, Men's 80Kg Round of 32: Ankush Panghal register a unanimous win over Bahrainian boxer
The Indian boxer put on a dominant display in the men’s 80kg Round of 32, securing a 5-0 unanimous decision win over Bahrain’s Vogel Hamsa.
This was India's 4th boxing win in the round of 32 at these games, as the contingent remained unbeaten till now.
- 23 Sept 2026 11:01 AM IST
Table Tennis, Mixed Doubles Round of 16: Harmeet/Yashwaswini & Manus/Diya advance to the last 8
The world No. 5 pair Manush Shah and Diya Chitale defeated their Maldivian opponents comfortably in straight games, 11-0, 11-7, 11-6.
Following them, the second Indian pair of Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade also moved to the quarterfinals with a 3-1 win (11-6, 11-5, 10-12, 11-7) over the Hong Kong pair.
- 23 Sept 2026 10:46 AM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 49Kg Final: Mirabai Chanu ends the Snatch competition with 87kg
Chanu had all three successful attempts and finished the snatch competition with a good 87kg lift.
She, however, finished the snatch competition in third place behind the North Korean and Indonesian lifters.
She will now return for the Clean & Jerk competition in half an hour.
- 23 Sept 2026 10:42 AM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 49Kg final: Mirabai Chanu completes a successful 85kg lift on her second attempt
Mirabai looked settled once again and had a good second attempt at 85kg.
She is currently in second place, with one more lifter yet to start and will be hoping to improve her mark in her final attempt.
- 23 Sept 2026 10:39 AM IST
Weightlifting, Women's 49Kg Final: Mirabai Chanu starts with an 83kg lift
A good clean first attempt from Mirabai Chanu, lifting 83kg lift comfortably on her first attempt.
She is currently at the top, with one athlete yet to start.
- 23 Sept 2026 10:35 AM IST
Soft Tennis, Men's Singles Semi-final: Jay Meena loses 2-4; Clinches the Bronze medal
Jay Meena's dream run ended in the semi-finals as he bowed down to Japan's Takuya Kurosaka in a fighting 6-game 2-4 (3-5, 1-4, 1-4, 4-1, 6-4, 1-4) affair.
Despite that, he had secured a bronze medal, which is India's first-ever medal in soft tennis.
