Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Murmu Congratulates Neeraj Chauhan After Asian Games Recurve Bronze
Neeraj Chauhan won a bronze medal in archery at the Asian Games.
He earned it by beating another Indian archer, Dhiraj Bommadevara.
Dhiraj finished fourth.
President Droupadi Murmu congratulated Neeraj and said it was special that two Indians competed for bronze.
India’s archers won nine medals altogether.
Their medals included five golds, two silvers and two bronzes.
Kumkum Mohod, who is 17, won two gold medals and a silver.
Indian teams also won gold medals in the compound archery events.
President Droupadi Murmu congratulated Neeraj Chauhan after he won bronze in the men’s individual recurve event.
Chauhan beat fellow Indian Dhiraj Bommadevara in the third-place match in Okazaki on Saturday; Bommadevara finished fourth.
Murmu said having two Indians in the bronze-medal match was a special moment for Indian recurve archery.
India won nine archery medals at the Games: five gold, two silver and two bronze, finishing ahead of South Korea for the second consecutive Asian Games.
Seventeen-year-old Kumkum Mohod won individual and team recurve gold, as well as mixed silver; Indian teams also won gold in the compound events.
- Who
- Neeraj Chauhan, Dhiraj Bommadevara, and President Droupadi Murmu.
- What
- Chauhan won bronze in the men’s individual recurve archery event after defeating Bommadevara.
- When
- Saturday; the article identifies the event as the 2026 Asian Games.
- Where
- Okazaki.
- Why
- Murmu congratulated Chauhan for winning bronze and noted that two Indians competed in the bronze-medal match.
- Event
- Men’s individual recurve archery at the Asian Games
- Bronze medalist
- Neeraj Chauhan
- Third-place match
- Chauhan defeated compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara, who finished fourth.
- India’s archery medal tally
- Nine medals: five gold, two silver and two bronze
- Kumkum Mohod
- Won individual recurve gold, team recurve gold and mixed silver
- Compound team golds
- India won men’s, women’s and mixed team gold medals.
- President’s message
- Droupadi Murmu congratulated Chauhan in a post on X.