Asian Games 2026 Highlights: India produced a memorable closing-day surge at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games 2026, turning October 3 into another golden chapter of its campaign. The Indian contingent collected nine medals, including five gold, two silver and two bronze, across archery, golf, wrestling, cricket and hockey. Kumkum Mohod, Pranavi Urs and Aman Sehrawat struck individual gold before India’s men completed a memorable cricket-hockey double.
Asian Games 2026: Who were India’s Medal Winners On Day 15?
India’s five gold medals came from Kumkum Mohod (women’s individual recurve archery), Pranavi Urs (women’s individual golf), Aman Sehrawat (men’s freestyle 57kg wrestling), India men’s cricket team and India men’s hockey team.
Kumkum defeated South Korea’s Oh Yejin 6-5 in a shoot-off, while Pranavi became the first Indian woman to win individual golf gold at the Asian Games. Aman defeated DPR Korea’s Han Chong Song 11-7.
Antim Panghal claimed silver in women’s 53kg wrestling, while India’s women’s golf team featuring Pranavi Urs, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar also won silver.
Neeraj Chauhan added a bronze in men’s individual recurve, while Deepak Punia secured bronze in men’s freestyle 97kg.
Asian Games 2026 India Results, October 3
Archery: Kumkum Mohod won women’s individual recurve gold. Neeraj Chauhan defeated Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4 for men’s individual recurve bronze.
Golf: Pranavi Urs won individual gold; India’s women’s team took silver. The men’s team finished sixth.
Wrestling: Aman Sehrawat won 57kg gold; Antim Panghal secured 53kg silver; Deepak Punia took 97kg bronze. Sagar Jaglan lost his 74kg bronze bout, while Manisha Bhanwala exited earlier.
Cricket: India defeated Pakistan by 19 runs to retain the men’s T20 Asian Games title, with Abhishek Sharma scoring 61 and Tilak Varma making an unbeaten 51.
Hockey: India beat Malaysia 5-1 in the men’s final to retain the Asian Games crown and secure the LA 2028 Olympic quota.
Volleyball: India lost 3-2 to Thailand in the fifth-place match and finished sixth overall. Rugby Sevens: India finished sixth after losing 0-21 to Kazakhstan.
Sailing: Mahi Verma finished eighth in the final dinghy races, while Katya Coelho finished seventh overall in women’s windsurfing.
Taekwondo: Kashish Malik and Jyoti Yadav exited in the round of 16.
India’s Asian Games Medal Tally
India finished Asian Games October 3 campaign with 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze, placing fourth overall. China led the standings with 169 golds, followed by Japan and South Korea.
India’s Day 15 haul took its gold-medal count from 16 to 21, closing the Games with a strong final push and placing the country ahead of Uzbekistan on silver-medal count.
