Asian Games 2026 LIVE: India aims another high in Asian Games athletics, Toor guns for record golden hat-trick
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India's Roshibina Devi Naorem in action against China's Xiaoyu Zhang during the women's 60kg final. | Photo Credit: Reuters
S tar shot putter Tajinderpal Singh Toor would be gunning for a historic hat-trick of gold while the likes of long jumper Murali Sreeshankar and long-distance runner Gulveer Singh aim to better the colour of medal they had won last time when India begins its athletics campaign at the Asian Games on Thursday (September 24, 2026).
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The Indian pairings of Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale-Manush Shah on Wednesday (September 23) eased into the table tennis mixed doubles quarterfinals of the Asian Games.
The world number seven duo of Chitale and Shah hardly broke a sweat in their 3-0 wins over the combination from Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
In the round of 16, Shah and Chitale blanked Moosa Ahmed and Aishath Nazeem 11-0, 11-7, 11-6. They play Hong Kong’s Doo Hoi Kim and Wong Chun Ting in the quarterfinals on Thursday (September 24). A win would assure them of a medal in the continental event.
India qualified for the final of the mixed 4x400m relay at the Asian Games after finishing second in Heat 2.
The Indian team comprising TS Manu, MR Povamma, Jay Kumar, and Kiran clocked 3:16.23 to finish behind China.
The Indian quartet’s timing was the fourth fastest time overall in the heats, behind Bahrain (3:15.73), China (3:15.97) and Vietnam (3:16.08).
Indian wushu player Roshibina Devi Naorem signed off with a silver medal in the women’s 60kg sanda event after losing 0-2 to China’s Zhang Xiaoyu in the final.
Ms. Zhang dominated the title bout, winning both rounds 5-0 to take the contest 10-0 on aggregate.
It is third Asian Games medal for Roshibina, who won a silver at the 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games and a bronze at the 2018 Jakarta-Palembang Games.
Indian rowers Satnam Singh and Salman Khan win bronze in the men’s double sculls event.
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