Archive · 21 Sep 2026
India Wins Shooting Medals, Historic MMA Bronze in Japan
India won several medals on Day 3 of the Asian Games 2026 in Japan.
Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane and Himanshu Dhillon won silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event.
Himanshu also won silver in the individual event.
Rudrankksh won bronze in that same individual final.
This was the first time two Indians stood on the podium together in this Asian Games event.
Suchika Tariyal won India’s first MMA medal at the Asian Games.
She earned bronze in the women’s traditional 60kg event after losing her semifinal to Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo.
India’s team challenged that decision, saying the fight was tied and the scoring should be reviewed.
Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane and Himanshu Dhillon won silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event.
Himanshu Dhillon won individual silver and Rudrankksh Patil took bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle final.
The result marked the first time two Indians shared the podium in this Asian Games event.
Suchika Tariyal won India’s first-ever Asian Games MMA medal, taking bronze in the women’s traditional 60kg event.
India challenged Suchika’s semifinal result against Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo, citing disputed scoring and her opponent’s lower weight.
- Who
- Indian athletes Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane, Himanshu Dhillon and Suchika Tariyal; Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo was Suchika’s semifinal opponent.
- What
- India won shooting silver and bronze medals and its first-ever Asian Games MMA medal, while challenging Suchika Tariyal’s semifinal decision.
- When
- Day 3 of the Asian Games 2026, on Monday; the reports also reference India’s September 21 schedule.
- Where
- The Asian Games 2026 in Japan, including Aichi-Nagoya.
- Why
- The athletes earned medals through their competition results; India challenged the MMA semifinal decision over disputed scoring and an alleged weight issue.
Indian Camp’s Challenge
Reported Match Result
Semifinal decision
Indian Camp’s Challenge
Suchika Tariyal’s coach, Nikhil Kunder, said the fight was tied after regulation, went to an extra round and that India had challenged the decision through arbitration.
Reported Match Result
Suchika was reported to have lost the semifinal to Singapore’s Hui Hoon Teo, resulting in a bronze-medal finish.
Scoring
Indian Camp’s Challenge
The Indian camp said one judge favored India while two judges awarded the extra-round decision to Singapore, and it is seeking a change to the result.
Reported Match Result
The reported result credited Hui Hoon Teo with the semifinal victory; the articles do not report that the challenge had been accepted.
Weight concern
Indian Camp’s Challenge
The Indian camp also challenged the Singaporean athlete’s victory on the grounds that she was allegedly below the required weight.
Reported Match Result
The event report described the outcome as a semifinal defeat for Suchika and did not establish that the weight-related challenge changed the result.
- Event
- Asian Games 2026
- Competition day
- Day 3
- Shooting team result
- Silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event
- Shooting team
- Rudrankksh Patil, Parth Mane and Himanshu Dhillon
- Individual shooting results
- Himanshu Dhillon won silver and Rudrankksh Patil won bronze
- MMA result
- Suchika Tariyal won bronze in the women’s traditional 60kg event
- MMA milestone
- India’s first-ever Asian Games MMA medal
