Archive · 4 Oct 2026
India Wins Asian Games Golds Across Five Sports
India won gold medals in five sports at the Asian Games on Saturday.
The men’s hockey team beat Malaysia 5-1 and earned a place at the 2028 Olympics.
Harmanpreet Singh scored twice and finished as the tournament’s top scorer.
Aman Sehrawat won wrestling gold by beating Chong Song Han 10-7.
India also beat Pakistan to retain its men’s T20 cricket title.
Pranavi Urs became the first Indian woman to win an individual Asian Games golf gold.
Kumkum Mohod won India’s first individual women’s recurve gold at the Games.
Neeraj Chauhan earned bronze in men’s recurve archery.
India’s total was 85 medals: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze.
India won gold medals in men’s hockey, T20 cricket, wrestling, golf and archery on Saturday.
The men’s hockey team beat Malaysia 5-1, retained its title and secured a place at the 2028 Olympics.
Aman Sehrawat beat reigning world champion Chong Song Han 10-7 to win the men’s 57kg wrestling final; India earned six wrestling medals.
India retained the men’s T20 cricket title by beating Pakistan by 19 runs, while Pranavi Urs won the women’s individual golf gold.
Kumkum Mohod won India’s first Asian Games individual women’s recurve gold; Neeraj Chauhan took men’s individual bronze, and India’s overall tally reached 85 medals.
- Who
- Indian athletes and teams, including the men’s hockey and T20 cricket teams, Aman Sehrawat, Pranavi Urs and Kumkum Mohod.
- What
- India won gold medals in five sports, along with other medals, at the Asian Games.
- When
- Saturday; no date is specified in the article.
- Where
- At the Asian Games; the article does not specify the venue.
- Why
- The athletes and teams competed in their respective finals and events for Asian Games medals; the men’s hockey victory also secured Olympic qualification.
Indian winners
Final opponents
Men’s hockey final
Indian winners
India beat Malaysia 5-1 to retain the Asian Games title.
Final opponents
Malaysia scored once through Shello Silverius but lost the final.
Men’s 57kg wrestling final
Indian winners
Aman Sehrawat recovered after Chong Song Han moved ahead 7-6 and won 10-7.
Final opponents
Chong Song Han fought back from a 6-1 deficit to take a 7-6 lead before losing.
Women’s individual recurve final
Indian winners
Kumkum Mohod beat Oh Yejin 6-5 in a shoot-out, scoring a 10 with her final arrow.
Final opponents
Oh Yejin pushed the final to a shoot-out but was defeated.
- India’s medal tally
- 85: 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze
- Men’s hockey final
- India beat Malaysia 5-1; the win secured a place at the 2028 Olympics
- Harmanpreet Singh
- Scored two goals in the final and 12 in the tournament
- Men’s T20 cricket final
- India beat Pakistan by 19 runs to retain the title
- Wrestling
- Aman Sehrawat beat Chong Song Han 10-7; India won six wrestling medals
- Women’s individual golf
- Pranavi Urs won gold at 15-under 265, one stroke ahead of Yin Ruoning
- Recurve archery
- Kumkum Mohod won women’s individual gold; Neeraj Chauhan won men’s individual bronze
