Archive · 2 Oct 2026
India Wins Asian Games Golds in Archery and Boxing
India had a very successful day at the Asian Games.
The women’s recurve archery team won India’s first gold medal in that event at the Games.
Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod beat South Korea 5-3.
Lovlina Borgohain won the women’s 75kg boxing gold by beating China’s Bao Ziyi 5-0.
She won the medal on her birthday and became only the second Indian woman boxer to win Asian Games gold after Mary Kom.
Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal also won boxing gold medals.
Sujeet Kalkal won wrestling gold in the men’s 65kg freestyle event.
India also earned medals in sailing, sepaktakraw and other archery events, while the women’s hockey team played China for gold.
India’s women’s recurve archery team won its first Asian Games gold by defeating South Korea 5-3.
Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod overcame a 4-2 deficit?
Lovlina Borgohain defeated China’s Bao Ziyi 5-0 in the women’s 75kg boxing final on her birthday.
Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal also won boxing gold medals in the women’s 65kg and men’s 80kg categories.
India added wrestling gold, archery silvers, and bronze medals in sailing and sepaktakraw, while its women’s hockey team faced China in the final.
- Who
- Indian athletes, including the women’s recurve archery team, Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda, Ankush Panghal and Sujeet Kalkal.
- What
- India won gold medals in women’s recurve archery, boxing and wrestling, along with additional silver and bronze medals.
- When
- Friday, October 2, 2026.
- Where
- The Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- Indian athletes won their respective finals and medal events across archery, boxing, wrestling, sailing and sepaktakraw.
- Women’s recurve gold
- Ankita Bhakat, Kirti Sharma and Kumkum Mohod defeated South Korea 5-3.
- Lovlina Borgohain
- Won the women’s 75kg boxing final against China’s Bao Ziyi by a unanimous 5-0 decision.
- Parveen Hooda
- Won the women’s 65kg boxing final against Chinese Taipei’s Chen Nien-chin, 3-2.
- Ankush Panghal
- Defeated South Korea’s Kim Min-seong to win men’s 80kg boxing gold.
- Wrestling gold
- Sujeet Kalkal won the men’s 65kg freestyle category after defeating Tajikistan’s Abdulmazid Kudiev.
- Additional medals
- India won silver in men’s recurve and mixed recurve archery, plus bronze in women’s dinghy sailing and men’s quadrant sepaktakraw.
- Hockey final
- India’s women’s hockey team faced China for gold after beating South Korea 2-0 in the semifinal.
