Seven medals, two squash silvers and a five-medal athletics surge: India closed September 27 with 37 medals. The women’s hockey team also beat Singapore 7-0, while three boxers secured semifinal places.
India’s seven medals on the day were four silver and three bronze. The overall tally stood at 37: four gold, 16 silver and 17 bronze. Boxing’s three guaranteed medals are not included in this tally because those events had yet to conclude.
All seven medals awarded to India
| Medal | Athlete | Event and result |
|---|---|---|
| 🥈 Silver | Sarvesh Kushare | Men’s high jump · 2.25m |
| 🥈 Silver | Ancy Sojan | Women’s long jump · 6.53m |
| 🥈 Silver | Anahat Singh | Women’s squash singles · lost final to Sivasangari Subramaniam |
| 🥈 Silver | Abhay Singh | Men’s squash singles · lost final to Ng Eain Yow |
| 🥉 Bronze | Parul Chaudhary | Women’s 3000m steeplechase · 9:08.67, national record |
| 🥉 Bronze | Tejaswin Shankar | Men’s decathlon · 7,934 points |
| 🥉 Bronze | Harita Bhadra | Women’s 200m · 23.20 seconds |
Athletics: five medals and near misses
Sarvesh Kushare cleared 2.25m for high jump silver. Ancy Sojan jumped 6.53m for long jump silver, just two centimetres short of gold; Shaili Singh finished fourth at 6.42m. Parul Chaudhary’s 9:08.67 in the steeplechase earned bronze and broke her own national record, while Ankita finished fourth in 9:19.24.
Tejaswin Shankar completed the ten-event decathlon with 7,934 points for bronze. Harita Bhadra took women’s 200m bronze in 23.20 seconds. Among other finalists, Nandhini Kongan and race walker Manju Rani placed sixth in their respective events.
Squash: two finals, two silvers
Anahat Singh 0-3 Sivasangari Subramaniam
Malaysia’s Sivasangari won 11-4, 11-4, 11-7. Anahat’s silver made her the first Indian woman to reach an Asian Games squash singles final.
Abhay Singh 0-3 Ng Eain Yow
Ng, also representing Malaysia, took the match 11-9, 11-5, 11-5. Abhay stayed close in the opening game before the defending champion pulled away.
Hockey: India put seven past Singapore
The Indian women finished Pool B unbeaten with a 7–0 win over Singapore, their fifth victory in five matches. Sunelita Toppo scored twice, in the 22nd and 24th minutes. Salima Tete (17′), Lalremsiami (26′), Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (29′), Nikki Pradhan (35′) and Deepika (55′) added the other goals. India will face South Korea in the semifinal on September 30.
Boxing: three wins secure future medals
Parveen Hooda beat Navbakhor Khamidova
Parveen won a 5-0 unanimous decision over the Uzbek boxer to reach the semifinals.
Ankush Panghal beat Nekruz Salimov
Ankush defeated the Tajik boxer 5–0 to advance to the last four.
Narender Berwal beat Adthapong Saengtep
The referee stopped Narender’s bout against the Thai boxer after three standing counts.
Sachin Siwach lost to Shunsuke Kitamoto
The Japanese boxer won 5-0, ending Sachin’s campaign in the last eight.
Parveen, Ankush and Narender are assured of at least bronze under boxing’s semifinal medal format. Their final medal colours, and inclusion in the awarded-medal tally, await later bouts.
Badminton, archery and other results
- Badminton – four quarterfinal losses: PV Sindhu lost to China’s Chen Yufei 21-11, 18-21, 10-21. Unnati Hooda lost to Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi. Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand lost to Malaysia’s Pearly Tan and Thinaah Muralitharan; Dhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto lost to China’s Feng Yan Zhe and Huang Dongping.
- Archery – advancement: Indian recurve and compound team combinations progressed through elimination rounds into the semifinals. The recurve mixed team beat Vietnam 6–0 in its quarterfinal.
- Men’s volleyball – win: India opened Pool C with a 3–0 victory over Vietnam.
- Fencing – exit: The women’s sabre team beat Indonesia 45-23 in the round of 16, then lost 35-45 to Uzbekistan in the quarterfinal.
- Weightlifting – placement: Harjinder Kaur finished ninth in the women’s 69kg event.
- Sepak takraw – losses: India lost its women’s doubles group matches against South Korea and the Philippines.
What is next for India?
- September 28: Women’s 25m pistol qualification continues with the rapid stage; trap qualification also continues. Squash team competition begins.
- Boxing: Parveen Hooda, Ankush Panghal and Narender Berwal will contest semifinals, seeking to improve their guaranteed medals.
- Archery: Indian teams move into scheduled semifinals and medal rounds over the coming days; event dates vary by discipline.
- September 30: India play South Korea in the women’s hockey semifinals.
