Gulveer wins silver as India bags medals in athletics, table tennis

Manpreet Kaur and Manush Shah-Diya Chitale win bronze; Satwik-Chirag suffer first-round exit; Day 7 medal tally reaches 23

Chandigarh, September 25

India had a mixed outing on the seventh day of the Asian Games 2026 on Friday, with Gulveer Singh winning silver in the men’s 10,000 m, while Manpreet Kaur and the mixed doubles pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale secured bronze medals in athletics and table tennis, respectively. Indian pole vaulter Baranica Elangovan won a historic bronze medal in the women’s pole vault final at the 2026 Asian Games.

In the women’s shot put, China’s Song Jiayuan won gold and compatriot Zhang Linru took silver, while India’s Manpreet Kaur finished third.

In table tennis, Manush Shah and Diya Chitale won the bronze medal in mixed doubles after losing their semifinal to China’s Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha.

Gulveer Singh added a silver in the men’s 10,000 m, finishing behind Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew.

Badminton brought a setback for India as defending men’s doubles champions Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty suffered a first-round exit. The Indian pair lost to Thailand’s Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Peeratchai Sukphun in three games.

In squash, India won three of its four quarterfinal matches and advanced to the semifinals, while one Indian player lost to Pakistan.

Both Indian kabaddi teams also won their respective semifinal matches and will play their finals tomorrow.

In surfing, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Kamali Prakash competed in the women’s shortboard Round 1 in their respective heats.

The results made it a mixed day for India, with medals coming in athletics and table tennis, while the squash and kabaddi teams remained in contention for further honours.

Indian pole vaulter Baranica Elangovan won a historic bronze medal as India’s Asian Games tally rises to 23 at the end of Day 7.

India’s September 26 schedule:

• Athletics: Sawan Barwal and Kartik Karkera will compete in the men’s marathon final at 4:00 am.
• Athletics: Thowfeeq Noushad and Tejaswin Shankar will compete in the men’s decathlon from 5:30 am.
• Athletics: Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan will feature in women’s long jump qualification at 8:15 am.
• Athletics: Animesh Kujur will compete in the men’s 200m heats at 8:32 am.
• Athletics: Jyothi Yarraji and Nandhini Kongan will compete in the women’s 100m hurdles at 4:04 pm and 4:12 pm.
• Athletics: Tajinderpal Singh and Karanveer Singh will compete in the men’s shot put final at 4:30 pm.
• Athletics: Harita Bhadra and Unnathi Bolland will compete in the women’s 200m heats at 4:33 pm and 4:41 pm.
• Athletics: Praveen Chitravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan will feature in the men’s triple jump at 5:05 pm.
• Athletics: Yoonus Shah and Gulveer Singh will compete in the men’s 1500m heats at 5:21 pm and 5:31 pm.
• Athletics: Prachi and Kiran will compete in the women’s 400m final at 6:15 pm.
• Athletics: Vishal TK will compete in the men’s 400m final at 6:33 pm.
• Athletics: Pooja and Parul Chaudhary will compete in the women’s 1500m final at 6:45 pm.
• Surfing: Kamali Prakash, Sugar Shanti Gayen and Sivaraj Babu will compete in shortboard heats from 3:58 am.
• Archery: Indian archers, including Dhirag Bommadevara and Jyothi Surekha Vennam, will feature in recurve and compound individual and team qualification from 4:30 am.
• Badminton: Lakshya Sen will face Singapore’s Loh Kean Yew in the men’s singles second round at 6:00 am.
• Badminton: Unnati Hooda, Ayush Shetty and PV Sindhu will compete in their respective singles second-round matches.
• Badminton: Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand will face Japan’s Mayu Matsumoto and Yuki Fukushima in women’s doubles at 2:30 pm.
• Equestrian: Gaurav Pundir, Hriday Vipul Chheda, Shruti Vora and Jai Sud will compete in dressage from 6:00 am.
• Fencing: India will face Indonesia in women’s foil and the Philippines in men’s sabre team round-of-16 matches.
• Table Tennis: Yashaswini Ghorpade will face Japan’s Miwa Harimoto in the women’s singles third round at 6:30 am.
• Shooting: Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen and Vidarsa Vinod will compete in the women’s 50m rifle 3P qualification and team final from 6:30 am.
• Canoe Sprint: Indian paddlers will feature in kayak and canoe sprint semifinals and finals from 6:30 am.
• Esports: India will compete against Japan in Pokémon Unite at 10:45 am, while Paritosh will play Dongshin Kang in Puyo Puyo Champions.
• Squash: Indian players will compete across mixed doubles and men’s and women’s singles semifinals.
• Kabaddi: India will face Iran in both the women’s final at 9:30 am and men’s final at 2:30 pm.
• Boxing: Jadumani Singh, Kapil Pokhariya and Priya will compete in their respective round-of-16 bouts.
• Hockey: India will face Japan in the men’s Pool A match at 1:30 pm.