India wins eight medals on day nine of Asian Games, boxing adds three

India won eight medals on Day 9 of the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, securing four silver and four bronze medals across athletics, shooting, and kurash. Additionally, three Indian boxers advanced to the semifinals, guaranteeing themselves medals.

Athletics contributed six of the eight medals. In the men’s javelin throw, Yashvir Singh won silver with a personal best of 85.72 metres, while Rohit Yadav claimed bronze. Singh initially led the event before Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage threw 88.33 metres and 88.55 metres on his fourth and final attempts to win gold. Yadav led at one point with a throw of 84.35 metres but ultimately finished third, ahead of Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem who was fourth.

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Murali Sreeshankar achieved silver in the men’s long jump with a best jump of 8.07 metres, marking his second consecutive Asian Games silver after also finishing runner-up in Hangzhou 2023. Gulveer Singh earned silver in the men’s 1500 metres final with a personal best time of 3:36.72. Vithya Ramraj won bronze in the women’s 400 metres hurdles final, while Anu Raghavan placed fifth. Parul Chaudhary secured bronze in the women’s 5000 metres final, her second medal at these Games.

In shooting, Esha Singh won silver in the women’s 25 metres pistol individual final. Kurash saw Pincky Balhara earn bronze in the women’s -78kg category after a semifinal loss to South Korea’s Mo Sumin.

Other athletics results included the women’s 4×100 metres relay team of Abinaya Rajarajan, Tamanna, Sneha Sathyanarayana and Sudeshna Shivankar finishing fourth, the men’s 4×400 metres relay team qualifying for the final, and Avinash Sable placing fourth in the men’s 3000 metres steeplechase. Seema and Sanya Yadav finished fourth and eighth respectively in the women’s discus throw final, while Pooja qualified for the women’s 800 metres final. Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan was seventh in the men’s 400 metres hurdles final.

In boxing, Kapil Pokhariya defeated South Korea’s Kim Gichae in the men’s 90kg quarterfinal, Lovlina Borgohain beat South Korea’s Seong Suyeon in the women’s 75kg quarterfinal, and Priya overcame Tajikistan’s Mijgona Samadova in the women’s 60kg quarterfinal. All three proceeded to the semifinals, thus securing medals for India.

India achieved victories in squash team events, with the men’s team beating South Korea and China 3-0 in pool games, while the women’s team defeated Japan 2-1 and China 3-0. In hockey, the Indian men’s team won 10-0 against Bangladesh in Pool A.

India reached the final of the 4×100 metres mixed relay in athletics. In cricket, the men’s quarterfinal against Afghanistan was abandoned due to rain; India advanced to the semifinal based on higher seeding.

In archery, Chikitha Taniparthi defeated Bhutan’s Dorji Dolma and Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi-Hsuan to reach the quarterfinals. Jyothi Surekha Vennam won against Kazakhstan’s Adel Zhexenbinova before losing to South Korea’s Kang Yeonseo in the round of 16. In the men’s compound event, Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru reached the quarterfinals after victories over Indonesia’s Sostar Andaru Rinaldi and fellow Indian Sahil Jadhav, who earlier defeated Mongolia’s Jamiyangombo Purevdorj.

In shooting qualifications, Neeru led the women’s trap after Day 2, with Manisha Keer and Aashima Ahlawat placing 21st and 23rd respectively. In men’s trap qualifying, Shapath Bharadwaj was fifth, Kynan Chenai 19th and Ahvar Rizvi 32nd. Esha Singh qualified for the women’s 25 metres pistol final after finishing eighth in qualification with 580-22x. Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat placed 11th and 30th respectively, with India finishing fifth in the team event, missing out on a medal after Rahi missed a target in the rapid-fire stage.

In tennis, Ankita Raina and Rutuja Bhosale were defeated by Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Yuliya Putinseva in the women’s doubles first round. The men’s volleyball team won 3-0 against Hong Kong in their group game. In sepaktakraw, India’s women’s doubles team lost 1-2 to Japan and finished bottom of Group B, resulting in elimination.

In surfing, Kishore Kumar Anbarasu defeated China’s Ma Wensong 9.86-8.80 in the men’s shortboard round three, while Sivaraj Babu lost 7.83-11.50 to the Philippines’ Alciso Jayuard in the same round.

Following the day’s competition, India’s overall medal tally reached 45, comprising four gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze medals.