Archive · 30 Sep 2026
India Wins Shooting, Archery Golds as Sunil Takes Wrestling Bronze
India won three medals in different events at the Asian Games 2026.
Sunil Kumar won a bronze medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.
He beat Callum Johnston Roberts of the Philippines by a score of 9-0.
This made Sunil India’s first wrestling medallist at these Games.
Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai won gold in mixed trap shooting.
Their score also set a new Asian Games record.
India’s women’s compound archery team beat China to win another gold medal.
The archery team’s score matched a world record set by South Korea.
Sunil Kumar defeated the Philippines’ Callum Johnston Roberts 9-0 to win bronze in the men’s Greco-Roman 87kg category.
Sunil became India’s first wrestling medallist at the Asian Games 2026 and its first athlete to win two Asian Games Greco-Roman medals.
Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai won India’s first-ever Asian Games gold in the mixed trap team event.
India’s mixed trap team scored 34, surpassing the previous Asian Games record of 30 set by Qatar.
Jyothi Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep defeated China 238-234 in compound archery, equalling South Korea’s world record.
- Who
- Indian athletes Sunil Kumar, Neeru Dhanda, Kynan Chenai, Jyothi Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep.
- What
- India won gold medals in mixed trap shooting and women’s compound archery, while Sunil Kumar won a wrestling bronze.
- When
- Wednesday, September 30, 2026.
- Where
- The Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.
- Why
- The athletes won their respective events through victories over competitors from the Philippines and China, while India’s mixed trap team and archery team achieved record-level scores.
- Wrestling result
- Sunil Kumar won bronze in the men’s Greco-Roman 87kg category.
- Wrestling score
- Sunil Kumar defeated Callum Johnston Roberts 9-0 by technical superiority.
- Mixed trap winners
- Neeru Dhanda and Kynan Chenai won the mixed trap team gold medal.
- Shooting score
- India scored 34, ahead of Qatar’s 32 and China’s 23.
- Archery winners
- Jyothi Vennam, Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep won the women’s compound team event.
- Archery score
- India defeated China 238-234 and equalled South Korea’s world record of 238.
- Event
- Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan.