India ranks 12th in Asian Games medal tally
The opening ceremony of the 20th Asian Games took place in Nagoya city of Japan. Shooter Manu Bhaker and senior Kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat led the Indian team in the flag march holding the tricolor. The ceremony began with violin music by composer Taro Hakase at Nagoya's Paloma Mizuho Stadium. After this, actress Keiko Toda sang the national anthem of Japan.
Players from 45 countries took part in the flag march. The march past started with the entry of the Afghan contingent. India came in at number 10, while the parade concluded with the entry of host Japan's contingent. Games like cricket and teakball have started.
India secured its first silver in the Asian Games in the 10m air rifle team event. The team of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarasa Vinod has secured second position with a score of 1898.0. India's Elavenil Valarivan, after finishing second in the team event, also performed well in the individual category and won the women's title in the Asian Games. 10 meter air rifle competition in the final 252.4 Scored points and won silver medal.
India's men's team has also won the silver medal in the 10 meter air rifle team event. Parth Mane, Rudranksh Patil and Himanshu Dhillon finished second by scoring 1890.1 points, after which India got 3 silver medals. On Monday, Suchika Tariyal also won the bronze medal in mixed martial arts.
After women, men also did wonders in shooting on Monday. Let us tell you that men have won 2 more medals in the 10 meter rifle event. In the rifle event, Himanshu Dhillon won silver with 252.4 points and Rudransh Patil won bronze with 230.9 points. Sheng Lihao of China won gold with 254.2 points.
The Indian women's cricket team defeated Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the gold medal match of the Asian Games-2026, after which the Indian women's team gave India its first gold medal in the Asian Games. Regarding this huge victory, the Prime Minister of the country congratulated the women on this victory.
On Wednesday morning, the Indian women's skeet team also performed brilliantly in shooting and won the bronze medal. The team of Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Raiza Dhillon and Maheshwari Chauhan has given India another bronze with this spectacular victory. Indian men's skeet team in shooting Anantjit Singh Naruka, Mairaj Ahmed Khan and Bhavtegh Singh Gill 346 Won the bronze medal with a score of . Ananthjeet also made it to the individual finals. They 119 scored while Maraj 116 and bhavteg 111 Scored.
After performing brilliantly in shooting, India also did wonders in soft tennis. Jai Meena has given India its 5th bronze medal. On the fourth day, India has won 3 bronze medals.
On Wednesday, Indian weightlifter Mirabai Chanu also won a silver medal for India in the Asian Games. She stood second in the women's 49 kg category with 198 kg. Mirabai lifted 87 kg in snatch and 111 kg in clean and jerk. Won medal in Asian Games for the first time by lifting 198 kg weight.
On the 5th day of Asian Games, Roshibina Devi has won silver medal for India in Wushu. Let us tell you that Roshibina Devi has created a new record by winning this third consecutive medal. At the same time, on Thursday, Satnam Singh-Salman Khan also performed brilliantly in the men's doubles sculls event and won the bronze medal for India.
On Thursday too, India performed brilliantly and won three medals. Let us tell you that the pair of Anantjit Singh Naruka and Parinaaz Dhaliwal have won the bronze medal in the mixed skeet team event. In the final, the Indian pair was in the race for the gold medal, but fell far behind.
On Friday, Indian shooters Kamaljeet and Suruchi Singh performed brilliantly and won the gold medal in the 10 meter air pistol mixed team event in the Asian Games. They made tremendous comebacks after disappointing performances in their respective individual events. Kamaljeet and Suruchi scored a total of 484.6 in the final. This score was just 4 points less than the world record.
Indian shooters won the silver medal in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team event in Aichi Nagoya on Friday. The Indian team of Aishwarya Pratap Singh Tomar, Neeraj Kumar and Rudranksh Patil scored a total of 1762-94x in the final and finished second.
On Friday, India's Manush Shah and Diya Chitale performed brilliantly in the Asian Games and won the bronze medal in mixed doubles. The Indian pair lost 8-11, 5-11, 8-11, 2-11 against China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in the semi-finals. By reaching the semi-finals, Manush and Diya's bronze medal was confirmed. The Indian pair could not make it to the final.
Manpreet Kaur won the bronze medal in women's shot put with a throw of 17.17 meters in her fourth attempt. India's Krishna Menon finished 5th with a throw of 16.57 metres. China's Song won the gold medal with a throw of 19.40 meters and Zhang won the silver medal with a throw of 18.14 meters.
On Friday, India performed brilliantly in the Asian Games and won its first pole vault medal. Baranika Elangovan won bronze in women's pole vault by clearing a height of 4.15 meters. On the other hand, in athletics, Gulveer Singh won silver in men's 10 thousand meter race. He completed the race in 28 minutes 29.38 seconds. Gulveer had won bronze in the same event in 2023. So far, India has won a total of 23 medals by winning 2 gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze and India is now at 12th position in the medal tally. China has performed best in the medal tally with 97 gold, 36 silver and 24 bronze.