Asian Games 2026 Day 9: India Medal Winners, Results and Medal Tally
India had the most successful day at the Asian Games 2026 so far in Day 9, winning eight medals – four silvers and four bronzes. Athletics was the top discipline in terms of medal haul for India in both silver and bronze medals through two podium finishes in men’s javelin events, along with medals from Yash Vir Singh, Gulveer Singh, Murali Sreeshankar, Parul Chaudhary and Vithya Ramraj.
In men’s javelin event, Yash Vir Singh won silver medal with his personal best throw of 85.72m, whereas, Rohit Yadav won bronze with 84.35m throw. Gulveer Singh won silver medal in men’s 1500m run and Murali Sreeshankar bagged another silver medal in men’s long jump event. Parul Chaudhary won bronze in women’s 5000m and Vithya Ramraj won bronze in women’s 400m hurdles after breaking the 42-year-old national record set by PT Usha. Esha Singh won silver in women’s 25m pistol shooting and Pincky Balhara brought home bronze in women’s 78kg kurash.
Furthermore, India also qualified for men’s cricket semi-finals after their quarter final game against Afghanistan was washed out due to heavy rains. Priya Ghanghas, Kapil Pokhariya and Lovlina Borgohain also secured three more medals for India in boxing.
| Medal | Total Winners |
| Gold | 0 |
| Silver | 4 |
| Bronze | 4 |
| Total | 8 |
| Medal | Total Winners |
| Gold | 4 |
| Silver | 16 |
| Bronze | 18 |
| Total | 38 |
The men’s javelin throw saw Yash Vir Singh bag a silver medal after an outstanding performance of 85.72m, which came out in his last throw of the contest to make India win their first of two medals in the contest.
Gold was won by Rumesh Tharanga Pathirage from Sri Lanka, who threw 88.55m, whereas Rohit Yadav from India clinched the bronze.
India bagged their second medal of the day when Rohit Yadav bagged bronze after a throw of 84.35m.
Yadav had thrown a very good throw in the third round to take the lead, but he later finished third in the event. Arshad Nadeem won fourth place with 80.29m.
Gulveer Singh secured silver in the men’s 1500m final with a new personal best of 3:36.72.
Kazuto Iizawa from Japan secured gold in 3:36.35, while Nagiya Mori won bronze in 3:37.92. With this performance, Gulveer won his second medal in Aichi-Nagoya, adding to the one he earned in the 10,000m event and will compete in the men’s 5000m.
Murali Sreeshankar secured silver in the men’s long jump event with his best jump of 8.07m.
The Indian repeated the achievement of his second-place finish in Hangzhou 2023. The gold medalist was Shi Yuhao from China, who jumped 8.17m. Anvar Anvarov from Uzbekistan earned bronze with a jump of 8.06m. The seventh place was taken by David Patturaj Solomon with 7.70m.
Parul Chaudhary earned bronze in the women’s 5000m after posting 15:14.61.
Winfred Yavi from Bahrain won the gold in 15:10.18, while Nozomi Tanaka from Japan won silver in 15:11.65. This was Parul’s second medal from Aichi-Nagoya, earning in the 3000m steeplechase. This is also her fourth Asian Games medal ever.
Vithya Ramraj clinched bronze in women’s 400m hurdles, recording a new national record of 54.75 seconds.
She bettered PT Usha’s national record by 0.67 seconds, thereby ending a 42-year-old mark. This was the second medal for Vithya in Aichi-Nagoya after the silver she got in the mixed 4x400m relay event.
Anu Raghavan placed fifth with a new personal best time of 55.88 seconds.
Esha Singh secured silver in the women’s 25m pistol category, tying with China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan on 38-38. Xiao won the shoot-off, defeating Esha with a score of 4-3.
Kim Hyon Suk of North Korea secured bronze.
The women’s 25m pistol team from India finished fifth with a score of 1727-56x.
Pincky Balhara won a bronze medal in women’s 78 kg kurash.
She qualified for the semi-finals by beating South Korean Lim Garam in the quarter-finals but lost to another South Korean, Mo Sumin, in the semi-finals.
India had several victories on Day 10 in both teams’ and individuals’ categories.
Athletics continued to be the largest focus area for India on Day 10.
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