Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Antim Panghal Wins Silver After Losing Asian Games Final
Antim Panghal competed in the women’s 53 kg wrestling final at the Asian Games.
She faced Japan’s Moe Kiyooka.
Kiyooka won the match 9-1 and earned the gold medal.
Antim received the silver medal.
She had won three matches to reach the final.
This is her second Asian Games medal, after winning bronze at Hangzhou in 2022.
She is the first Indian woman wrestler to win a medal at these Games.
India’s wrestlers had also won gold and bronze medals on the same day.
India’s Antim Panghal lost 1-9 to Japan’s Moe Kiyooka in the women’s 53 kg final.
Kiyooka took an early lead and sealed the gold with a late takedown.
Panghal’s silver is her second Asian Games medal, following bronze at Hangzhou in 2022.
She reached the final with wins over wrestlers from Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and China.
Her silver is India’s sixth wrestling medal at the Games and the first medal by an Indian woman wrestler at the ongoing event.
- Who
- India’s Antim Panghal and Japan’s Moe Kiyooka.
- What
- Kiyooka defeated Panghal 9-1 in the women’s 53 kg wrestling final; Panghal won silver.
- When
- Saturday at the Asian Games 2026.
- Where
- The article gives Nishio as the dateline and names Nagoya City Inae Sports Center as the venue.
- Why
- Panghal lost the gold-medal bout after Kiyooka built a lead and scored a late takedown.
- Event
- Women’s 53 kg wrestling final
- Final score
- Moe Kiyooka defeated Antim Panghal 9-1
- Medals
- Kiyooka won gold; Panghal won silver
- Panghal’s earlier Asian Games medal
- Bronze at Hangzhou in 2022
- Panghal’s route to the final
- Wins over Shugyla Omirbek, Sakibjamal Esbosynova and Jin Zhang
- Indian wrestling medal tally
- Panghal’s silver was India’s sixth wrestling medal at the Games
- Venue named in the article
- Nagoya City Inae Sports Center