Archive · 23 Sep 2026
India Wins Historic Asian Games Bronze After China Semifinal Loss
India’s men’s badminton team won a bronze medal at the Asian Games.
They lost their semifinal match to China by three matches to one.
Lakshya Sen lost the first singles match to Shi Yu Qi.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty then won India’s only match.
They beat Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang, who are world champions.
Ayush Shetty later lost to Li Shi Feng.
Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun also lost their doubles match.
Even though India did not reach the final, the bronze was important because it was their second Asian Games team medal in a row.
India’s men’s badminton team won bronze after losing 1-3 to China in the Asian Games semifinals.
Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated reigning world champions Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang, India’s only match winners.
Lakshya Sen lost to Shi Yu Qi, while Ayush Shetty was beaten by Li Shi Feng in the singles matches.
Hariharan Amsakarunan and MR Arjun lost the deciding doubles match against He Ji Ting and Liu Yi.
The result gave India back-to-back Asian Games team medals for the first time in 40 years, after bronze medals in 1982 and 1986.
- Who
- India’s men’s badminton team and China’s men’s badminton team, including players such as Lakshya Sen, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty, and Shi Yu Qi.
- What
- India won the bronze medal after losing 1-3 to China in the men’s badminton semifinal.
- When
- Wednesday during the 2026 Asian Games, according to the articles.
- Where
- The semifinal was held at the Ichinomiya City Municipal Gymnasium in Nagoya.
- Why
- India received the bronze after China defeated it in the semifinal and advanced to the final.
- Semifinal result
- China defeated India 3-1.
- India’s medal
- Bronze in the men’s badminton team event.
- India’s winning match
- Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty beat Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang 21-11, 22-20.
- Previous Asian Games result
- India won silver at Hangzhou in 2023 after losing to China in the final.
- Historic sequence
- India earned back-to-back Asian Games team medals for the first time in 40 years.
- Earlier medals
- India won bronze team medals in 1982 and 1986.
- Reported score discrepancy
- The articles give opposite game-order scores for the Hariharan Amsakarunan-MR Arjun match, but agree that China won the deciding doubles match and the semifinal 3-1.
