Archive · 28 Sep 2026
India Wins Six Athletics Medals, Esha Singh Takes Silver
India had a strong day at the Asian Games.
Its athletes won six medals in track and field.
Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav won two javelin medals.
Murali Sreeshankar and Gulveer Singh added silver medals in their events.
Vithya Ramraj broke P T Usha’s old national record and won bronze.
Esha Singh won silver in the women’s 25m pistol after several very close shoot-offs.
India’s cricket team advanced because rain stopped its match against Afghanistan.
The men’s hockey, squash and volleyball teams also moved forward in their competitions.
India won three silver and three bronze medals in athletics on the ninth day, taking its overall tally to 45 medals.
Yashvir Singh and Rohit Yadav won silver and bronze in men’s javelin, while Murali Sreeshankar and Gulveer Singh added silver medals.
Esha Singh earned silver in women’s 25m pistol after surviving five shoot-offs, missing gold by one shot.
Vithya Ramraj broke P T Usha’s national 400m hurdles record while winning bronze, and Parul Chaudhary also took bronze.
India’s men’s hockey, squash and volleyball teams advanced, while its cricket team reached the semifinals after a rain washout.
- Who
- Indian athletes and teams, including Esha Singh, Yashvir Singh, Rohit Yadav, Murali Sreeshankar and Gulveer Singh.
- What
- India won six athletics medals and Esha Singh secured a shooting silver, while several team sports advanced.
- When
- On the ninth day of competition, September 28.
- Where
- The Asian Games in Nagoya.
- Why
- India’s athletes and teams competed for medals and progression to later rounds; the cricket team advanced because rain washed out its quarterfinal.
- Overall medal tally
- 45 medals: four gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze
- Athletics haul
- Three silver and three bronze medals
- Javelin result
- Yashvir Singh won silver with 85.72m; Rohit Yadav won bronze with 84.35m
- Esha Singh
- Silver in women’s individual 25m pistol after five shoot-offs
- Record broken
- Vithya Ramraj ran 54.75 seconds in the 400m hurdles, improving P T Usha’s 55.42-second national record
- Hockey result
- India defeated Bangladesh 10-0 and finished top of Pool A
- Cricket advancement
- India reached the semifinals after its quarterfinal against Afghanistan was washed out