Asian Games 2026 Day 11: India Wins Four Golds, Medal Tally Reaches 60
On the 11th day, India was the most successful day of India in the Asian Games 2026 where Indian athletes won seven medals, four gold and three bronze. India got three gold medals from the compound archery and one more gold from mixed team trap shooting by Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai. India won three bronze medals through their boxing athletes Priya Ghanghas and Kapil Pokhariya and through wrestling athlete Sunil Kumar.
In India’s compound archers got all the three gold medals of the team category. India won the women’s team gold medals through Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep while India won the mixed team gold medals through Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav. India won the men’s team gold medals through Sahil Jadhav, Kushal Dalal and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru.
As of the end of the 11th day, India achieved 60 medals, 10 gold, 21 silver and 29 bronze medals and came at eighth place in the medal tally.
| Medal | Total Winners |
| Gold | 4 |
| Silver | 0 |
| Bronze | 3 |
| Total | 7 |
| Medal | Total Winners |
| Gold | 10 |
| Silver | 21 |
| Bronze | 29 |
| Total | 60 |
India proved dominant in the compound archery team events, clinching the gold medal in the women’s team, mixed team and men’s team categories.
Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Taniparthi Chikitha and Prithika Pradeep won against China 238-234 in the women’s compound team final.
The three Indians equalled the world record score of 238 points and defended their Asian Games women’s compound archery team title successfully.
Taniparthi Chikitha and Sahil Jadhav won against South Korea’s Jungyoon Park and Choi Eun Gyu in a nail-biting final.
The two teams scored 157-157 points after four ends and were required to compete in a shoot-off from where India emerged victorious and won the gold.
The win further helped India to earn its quota place in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics mixed compound team archery event that will make its debut at the Olympics.
Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru bagged gold for India in the men’s compound archery team category by defeating China 238-237.
India achieved a perfect ending despite being one point behind the Men’s team title.
Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai won gold in the mixed team trap competition.
The Indian pair bagged 34 points, breaking an Asian Games record. Qatar claimed silver with 32 points, followed by China securing bronze with 23 points.
It was the second gold medal for Neeru Dhanda at the Asian Games. She won gold in the women’s individual trap competition and also helped India win silver in women’s team trap competition.
India went on winning three bronze medals in boxing.
India made yet another final entry in boxing as Lovlina Borgohain defeated Natalya Bogdanova of Kazakhstan to reach women’s 75kg final.
Indian wrestler Sunil Kumar scored India’s first-ever wrestling medal, a bronze one, in the Greco-Roman 87kg event at the 2026 Asian Games.
Sunil Kumar won his match by defeating the Philippine’s Callum Johnston Roberts 9-0 on technical superiority in the third-place playoff match. Previously, he had made it to the semifinal match where he was defeated by Japan’s Taizo Yoshida.
India’s women’s hockey team secured its place in the final by defeating South Korea 2-0 in the semifinal match.
The first goal was scored by Ishika Chaudhary in the 44th minute, whereas captain Salima Tete added another goal in the 48th minute.
India will play against the defending champion China in the final match. This win is also one step closer for India to achieve its second-ever women’s hockey gold medal at Asian Games since 1982.
India won both its teams events in squash and made it into the semifinals.
The ladies’ team, consisting of Anahat Singh and Tanvi Khanna, won against Singapore 2-0 in the quarterfinals to claim the medals.
Also the men’s squash team which was the defending champion, beat Kuwait 2-0 and made it to the semifinals, in which they will play against Malaysia.
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