Asian Games 2026 Day 6 Highlights: India Win 23rd Medal, Gulveer Singh And Baranica Elangovan Make History

Asian Games 2026 Day 6 Highlights: India's Asian Games 2026 medal tally is now 23 - two gold medals, nine silver and 12 bronze medals. The country's charge was led by the athletics contingent. In shooting, Suruchi and Kamaljeet delivered a dominant performance to claim the top spot in 10m air pistol mixed team final while breaking the Asian record. The trio of Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar and Rudrankksh Patil bagged silver in the men's 50m rifle 3 positions team event. Diya Chitale and Manush Shah settled for mixed doubles table tennis bronze, while squash veteran Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar guaranteed at least a bronze by advancing to the mixed doubles semi-finals. In the evening, Manpreet Kaur won bronze in women's shot put. Anahat Singh has also entered squash semi-finals. Later, in Baranica Elangovan created history by winning the bronze medal in the women's pole vault at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya on Friday, becoming India's first-ever Asian Games medallist in the event. Gulveer Singh upgraded his Asian Games medal from bronze to silver in the men's 10,000m as he clocked 28:29.38 minutes (Medals Tally)

In team sport, the Indian women's hockey team booked their semi-final berth after defeating Japan 3-1 in their Pool B match. Meanwhile, India confirmed two more gold-medal opportunities in kabaddi, as both the men's and women's kabaddi teams reached the finals. In men's doubles badminton, India suffered a huge upset as the defending champion pairing of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty was stunned in the opening round.

Asian Games 2026 Day 6 Results:

Badminton: Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto defeated the Maldivian pair of Aminath Abdul Razzaq and Nibal Ahmed in the first round of the mixed doubles.

Canoe Sprint: Prohit Baroi and Prasanna Kumar finished fifth in the men's kayak double 500m semi-final 1, progressing to Final B.

Canoe Sprint: Megha Pradeep and Neha Leichonbam finished fourth in the canoe double 500m semi-final 1 and have been eliminated.

Fencing: The Indian quartet of Aditya, Hemash Singh, Tejas Patil, and Sachin lost their Round of 16 tie against Hong Kong in the men's team foil.

Shooting: Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh top 10m air pistol mixed team qualification event, mathch Asian record.

Swimming: Dhanush Suresh finished seventh in his men's 50m breaststroke heat (21st overall), missing out on qualification for the final.

Table tennis: Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade lose to Lin Shidong and Kuai Man of China in mixed doubles quarterfinals.

Swimming: Rishabh Das finishes second in men's 200m backstroke heat 1.

Table Tennis: Diya Chitale and Manush Shah beat Wong Chun Ting-Doo Hoi Kem of Hong Kong to qualify for semifinals, assure India a medal.

Squash: Joshana Chinappa-Velavan Senthilkumar reach mixed doubles semifinal, assure India a medal.

Swimming: Rishabh Das finished fourth and Utkarsh Patil was ninth overall in men's 200m backstroke heats, both into final.

Athletics: Anamika Aneesh finished 6th while Pooja only managed to bag the 10th spot in women's heptathlon long jump. Overall, they are placed 7th and 9th.

Fencing: Anupriya, Mitva Chaudhari, Tanishka Khatri, Yashkeerat Kaur lose to Uzbekistan in women's epee team round of 16.

Swimming: Aneesh Sunil finished 17th, Dhakshan Shashikumar 18th in men's 400m freestyle heats. Both fail to qualify for the final.

Shooting: Kamaljeet and Suruchi clinched gold medal for India in 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team final.

Shooting: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar, Rudrankksh Patil win silver medal for India in Men's 50m Rifle Team final.

Hockey: Indian women's team beats Japan 3-1 in Pool B clash to qualify for semifinals.

Badminton: Unnati Hooda beats Yu Mi Song in opening women's singles match.

Squash: Anahat Singh beats compatriot Tanvi Sharma 11-2, 11-5, 11-3 to qualify for women's singles semifinals.

Kabaddi: India beat Nepal 48-24 to qualify for Gold Medal match in women's kabaddi.

Boxing: Sachin qualifies for men's 60kg quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over Mohammad Abu Jajeh.

Esports: India go down 0-2 to South Korea in Pokemon Unite.

Shooting: India's Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Niraj Kumar finish 5th and 8th respectively in Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Individual Final.

Squash: India's Veer Chotrani loses to Muhammad Irfan 1-4 in men's singles quarterfinals.

Kabaddi: Indian men's team beats Thailand 66-28 to qualify for the gold medal match in men's kabaddi.

Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das beaten 0-3 by Man Kuai and Wang Manyu in women's doubles round 3 match.

Badminton: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty by lower-ranked Thai pair stunned in Round 1 of Men's Doubles badminton.

Table Tennis: Chitale and Yashaswini Ghorpade suffer a 0-3 defeat against Fan Shuban-Chen Yi of China in women's doubles quarterfinals.

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