NEW DELHI: India’s medal tally climbed to six at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday, with shooters delivering three medals and Suchika Tariyal adding a historic bronze in mixed martial arts.Teenager Himanshu Dhillon won silver and former world champion Rudrankksh Patil claimed bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle individual event. Their podium finishes came barely an hour after the duo, along with Parth Mane, had helped India win silver in the team event.Dhillon shot 252.4 points to finish behind China’s Lihao Sheng (254.2), while Rudrankksh finished third with 230.9. Rudrankksh had led at stages of the final before Dhillon moved into second after a 10.6 in the sixth series.The three shooting medals took India’s tally in the sport to five, after two silver medals on Sunday.Tariyal’s bronze in the women’s traditional 60kg MMA event was India’s sixth medal and the country’s first-ever Asian Games medal in the discipline, which is making its Games debut.Elsewhere, India defeated Japan 49-24 in men’s kabaddi, beat Indonesia 17-1 in women’s hockey, and defeated Pakistan 3-0 in women’s table tennis. Boxer Sumit also advanced with a 5-0 win over Thailand’s Bunjong Sinsiri.In swimming, Srihari Nataraj qualified for the men’s 50m backstroke final. India also secured two wins in soft tennis before losing to South Korea and the Philippines.
Asian Games 2026: India Results on September 21
Soft Tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena beat Cambodia’s Viva Chao-Chanroseka Khun 5-0 in mixed doubles Group B matchWushu – Nyeman Wangsu finished 15th in women’s Changquan finalSoft Tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena beat Mongolia’s Bud Nyamdorj-Enkhkhuslen Ganbaatar 5-0 in mixed doubles Group B matchSwimming – Rishabh Das finished 11th, Srihari Nataraj finished 10th in men’s 50m backstroke heat – (Srihari qualified for final)Swimming – Akash Mani and Heer Gitesh Shah didn’t qualify from men’s 50m freestyle heatSwimming – Dhanush Suresh didn’t qualify from men’s 100m breaststroke heatShooting – Rudrankksh Patil finished 3rd, Himanshu Dhillon 7th, and Parth Mane 11th in men’s 10m air rifle individual qualification — India won team SILVER Table Tennis – India beat Pakistan 3-0 in women’s team Group F match.Soft Tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena lost 1-5 to South Korea’s Kim Yeon-hwa-Jaekyu Park in mixed doubles Group B matchSepaktakraw – India lost to Japan in men’s team regu Group B matchBoxing – Sumit beat Bunjong Sinsiri 5-0 men’s 70kg Round of 32Mixed Martial Arts – Suchika Tariyal lost Singapore’s Teo Hui Hoon in women’s traditional 60kg semifinal — won BRONZESoft Tennis – Aadhya Tiwari-Jay Meena lost to Phillippines’s Christy Sanosa-Sherwin Nuguit in Mixed Doubles Round of 16Shooting – Himanshu Dhillon won SILVER and Rudrankksh Patil won BRONZE in men’s 10m air rifleKabaddi – India beat Japan 49-24 in Men’s Group A matchShooting – Raiza Dhillon is 9th, Parinaaz Dhaliwal is 14th and Maheshwari Chauhan 16th after Day 1 in women’s individual skeet qualificationShooting – Anant Jeet Singh Naruka is 21st, Mairaj Khan 26th, Bhavtegh Singh Gill 27th after day 1 of men’s individual skeet qualification.Hockey – India beat Indonesia 17-1 in women’s Pool B match
