New Delhi. The excellent performance of Indian players in the Asian Games 2026 is continuously making headlines. Indian players have made the country proud by achieving historic achievements in archery and golf. President Draupadi Murmu has congratulated Kumkum Anil Mohod, Pranavi Sharath Urs and Neeraj Chauhan on these brilliant performances.
Kumkum created history in archery
17-year-old Kumkum Anil Mohod created history by winning the gold medal in the women's recurve individual event. She became the first Indian to win an individual gold in this event at the Asian Games. In the final match, she achieved this historic feat by defeating South Korea's Oh Ye-jin in the shoot-off.
This success of Kumkum is also being considered special because she has earlier won medals for India in team events also. Describing her performance as an important contribution to the success of Indian women's archery, President Murmu said that her achievements will inspire the young girls of the country to move forward towards their goals.
Kumkum's long list of achievements with gold
Kumkum also performed brilliantly by being a part of the team that won gold for India in the women's recurve team event in this Asian Games. Apart from this, in the recurve mixed team event, Kumkum and Dheeraj Bommadevara won the silver medal and gave India its first Asian Games silver in this event.
Pranavi Urs made new history in golf
India also got great success in golf. Pranavi Sharath Urs created history by winning the gold medal in the women's individual stroke play event. She became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold at the Asian Games.
President Murmu congratulated Pranavi and described her performance as an important achievement for Indian women's golf. His consistency throughout the match took him to the gold medal and his name got registered in the history of Indian golf.
Neeraj Chauhan won bronze in recurve
Neeraj Chauhan added another addition to India's medal tally by winning the bronze medal in the recurve men's individual event. The special thing was that both the archers in the bronze medal match were from India. President Murmu described it as a special moment for Indian recurve archery.
Praising Neeraj's performance, the President said that his bronze medal further reflects India's strong presence on the individual recurve podium at the Asian Games.
The country's pride increased due to the historical achievements of Indian players
The country's medal list has also increased due to the continuous excellent performance of Indian players in the Asian Games 2026. Kumkum's historic archery win and Pranavi's gold have underlined the growing strength of women players in Indian sports. Neeraj's bronze has also become a proof of India's strong presence in recurve archery.
President Murmu congratulated the three players for their achievements and wished them a bright future.