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.