Asian Games Day 15 Live: The Indian hockey team led Malaysia 2-1 in the final. (AP Photo)In the span of a few hours on Saturday, India collected three gold medals to leap past Uzbekistan into the 4th spot in the medals standings. India now have 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze medals. The total of 85 medals at the ongoing Asian Games is well short of the 106 medals (28 golds) it won at the Hangzhou Asiad. While Uzbekistan are also on 21 golds (70 medals overall), they were two short of India’s silver medal tally. First, the men’s cricket team won gold by defeating Pakistan in the final. Shortly after, wrestler Aman Sehrawat added a gold medal too. Unfortunately, Antim Panghal lost her final. Then, the Indian men’s hockey team defended their gold from the Hangzhou Asiad.
Earlier in the day, Kumkum Mohod, who had won a historic women’s team recurve archery gold on Friday, opened the day with a historic gold medal in the individual event, also securing her LA Olympics berth. Neeraj Chauhan also won the bronze in men’s recurve archery event. Meanwhile, golfer Pranavi Urs won the gold in women’s individual event while India clinched silver in the women’s team event.
We have Mihir Vasavda joining us with updates from Nagoya, while our team of sports experts like Shivani Naik, Nitin Sharma, Pritish Raj, Bhuvan Gupta, Amit Kamath and Nihal Koshie will chip in with updates, insights, explainers on everything that you need to know. Have questions for our sports desk or need the team to explain something from the Asian Games? You can write to us: sports@indianexpress.com
Bronze Question: On which number hole did Pranavi Urs' triple bogey come?
Silver Question: Which country will Lovlina Borgohain vacation in, after her gold?
Gold Question: Which song did the women's hockey team dance to, in the dressing room, after their gold?
PR Sreejesh who helped India win two bronze medals in two Olympics, had this to say about the Indian hockey team defending their gold medal at the Asian Games:
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— sreejesh p r (@16Sreejesh) October 3, 2026
We won.
⁰We were supposed to win.
⁰We are the Asian Champions. 🏆🇮🇳
And yes… WE ARE GOING TO LA! 🇺🇸🔥
Now, time to celebrate! 🍾🥂#asiangames #teamindia #la2028 #hockey
India needs to seriously, philosophically, grimacingly, ruefully, soul-searchingly, ambitiously think about getting better at .... Virtual Taekwondo .
Never thought human civilization would one day gamify "Screaming at Windmills"!!
But that apart, it's a really fun sport. Invisible enemy. Punching at air. It's too much fun.
Best thing created since sliced pizza and Wii guitar.
Hockey's big question going ahead:
Do the men that secured qualification, push through unto the LA Olympics.
And how soon does the coach shift gears on transition.
Props to all those athletes that didn't settle for bronze, and pushed the silver count up. Two silvers the difference in pipping Uzbekistan.
India have delivered 6/6 in their team games.
It's not a stretch -- expecting 4 Olympic medals from both crickets and both hockeys.
Kabaddi has won over Japan. They seem a'smitten
The Indian men's hockey team replicate the women's team and claim a gold medal with a 5-1 win over Malaysia in the final!
This is the men's team's fifth gold medal at the Asiad!
For the first time, the Indian men and women have both won the gold in Asian Games. it's also the first time that India have defended.
Read our quick report on the Asian Games hockey final
After the hockey Hindi commentator said "Shilanand Lakra, aap khaoge jalebiu fafda", Shivani Naik rates it "8/10 funny".
All those Olympic quotas make it worth it.
Yes, gold count is down.
But early berth secured always helps in the long run.
As quotas go,
Archery, hockey = swell
Tennis, squash = not great
GOAL! Harmanpreet Kaur slots the ball past the goalkeeper, on the right hand of the keeper to the roof. It's his second goal of the game through PCs.
India lead Malaysia 5-1.
It's a tremendously pressure filled situation for Antim -
* Playing a final
* Opponent a world-conquering Japanese
* Fighting in Japan
* The gold -- needed to push India higher
Insane high stakes.
It's how tough Japanese WW tends to be.
Makes you appreciate what Vinesh Phogat achieved at Paris, in Round 1 against Susaki. Because a loss immediately cranks down the medal colour in wrestling.
Commendable silver. But Japanese are tough tough
GOAL!! Shilanand Lakra slots the ball into the goal! And with barely five minutes left in the final, India are leading 4-1.
This is India's first field goal of the final, having scored twice from penalty corners and slotted in one goal from a stroke.
Fourth quarter: IND 4-1 MAS
Gold medal loading! The fourth quarter has so far seen the Indian team mounting attack after attack on the Malaysian citadel! And they have also had a couple of penalty corners where they have tried a few variations, which have not come off!
Fourth quarter: IND 3-1 MAS
Antim Panghal finishes with a silver. Well, she had been defensive throughout the bout and had just too much to do in the end. Antim became the first grappler to take a point off Kiyooka at these Asian Games but the Japanese jumped as soon as she saw that her opponent is going all out in attack. In the end, Antim loses the women's 53kg final 9-1.
The fact remains, though, that this is Antim's second consecutive Asian Games medal and she has upgraded the bronze that she had won at the last edition.
Nitin Sharma: There is a challenge from the Antim. And she loses the challenge. She now trails 1-5 with 20 seconds remaining. Japanese leads 9-1 now with seven seconds remaining.
Moe Kiyooka has not conceded a single point throughout these Asian Games. Antim remains very passive in the second interval but right in the dying seconds, she gets a point. But any pressure that may have come for the Japanese lasts a mere second as Miyooka pushes Antim out of bounds to extend her lead to 4-1.
Nitin Sharma: At the break, Japanese Moe Kiyooka leads 2-0 against Antim Panghal.
All right then, time for Antim Panghal's gold medal bout in women's 53kg. Kiyooka had started well, pushing Antim out of bounds to get a point. Very little happening after that, with the Indian being very defensive. There was a reset about 30 seconds after she was pushed out. Kiyooka eventually got another point with Antim being warned for passivity.
End of third quarter! And India have a 3-1 lead over Malaysia! They have scored two via the penalty corner and one penalty stroke.
The Malaysians were on the ascendency in the second quarter after scoring their equaliser in the end of first quarter. But after half-time, the Indians came out roaring.
Nitin Sharma: Kotaro Kiyooka, brother of Moe, who is set to face Antim today, is the reigning Olympic champion in the men's 65 gk weight division. Sujeet Kalkal had defeated Kotaro in the semi-finals yesterday to win the title.
India earn another penalty corner. And this one is a variation, where the ball is sent to the player on the goalkeeper's left. And the ball seems to have hit the man standing next to the keeper on the post.
PENALTY STROKE! AND HARDIK SINGH SLOTS IT INTO THE GOAL! INDIA LEAD 3-1
Antim Panghal will be the last Indian wrestler in action and she is facing Moe Kiyooka of Japan.
It will be a tough bout for gold but if Antim wins it, this will be India's best gold medal winning campaign in wrestling after 1962.
1962 also, India had won three golds.
If she loses, then also it remains best campaign overall after 1962 as India will finish with six medals overall including two golds.
Nitin Sharma: Antim Panghal faces 2024 55kg world champion Moe Kiyooka of Japan in the women’s 53kg final in a few minutes from now.
Another penalty corner. India scoop the ball into the circle, and a Malaysian defender gets his stick to the ball before Manpreet Singh can bring it down! And the umpire gives it as a penalty corner.
Harman is on the ground. And the drag flick hits a Malaysian and flies out. The umpire gives a retake. But the Malaysians review it, and the decision is overturned.
Third quarter: IND 2-1 MAS
Penalty corner for India! And Jugraj Singh, who scored India's second goal via a penalty corner, drags his flick high! It misses the bar!
India have come out in the third quarter in full attack mode!
Third quarter: IND 2-1 MAS
The last India vs Malaysia edgy match was at the heights of India's depths at hockey - two years after they missed Beijing qualification. Two years on at Guangzhou Asiad in 2010 things didn't improve, and were dire. Playing the Malaysians in semis, India had been pipped 4-3 by a golden goal from the orange tigers.
India has come a long way since with two Olympic medals.
But the enduring memory of that heartbreak in Guangzhou was the presence of a shrieky lady fan from Malaysia, who screamed herself hoarse even as the Indian fans were silenced. She just did not stop believing in her team, though belief could've been a few decibels lower.
India will hope things don't get too narrow here.
As we focus on the hockey final, Nitin Sharma reminds us that India has 26 silver medals and Uzbekistan has 25 silver medals at present.
India on the prowl as the third quarter begins! Quick passes in attack. No goal yet. Most of the third quarter in the first two minutes have been spent in the Malaysian circle.
Third quarter: IND 2-1 MAS
Pritish Raj: So Uzbekistan has lost two finals and they are fourth in Rhythmic Gymnastics further diminishing their chances of a gold.
Meanwhile, India is leading 2-1 against Malaysia in the hockey gold medal match.
It is turning out to be an interesting race at the end
Half-time! India take a one-goal into half-time break, something they could not do at the end of the first quarter, when they led 1-0, then allowed Malaysia score an equaliser.
India have managed to have a slight edge in terms of keeping the ball, 54 per cent compared to 46 per cent.
Second half coming up.
Half-time : IND 2-1 MAS
Nitin Sharma: Iranian Amirali Azarpira score a 10-0 win over Uzbekistan's Sherzod Poyonov in the men’s freestyle 97 kg final. A gold denied for Uzbekistan. The race continues between India and Uzbekistan for the fourth spot. Uzbekistan with 21 gold and India with 20 gold medals.
From Pritish Raj: India leads 2-1 against Malaysia in the men's hockey gold medal match. It is going to be crucial to hold on to the lead as the Indian defence has been leaky of late
What a run from Shilanand Lakra, he breezes past multiple tackles and defenders before passing the ball to a teammate. India earn a penalty corner. NO Harman on the pitch. Jugraj Singh and Amit Rohidas in the middle.
But Jugraj Singh is sent the ball, and he sends his drag-flick low and to the keeper's right. The keeper gets his right leg to the ball, but the ball ricochets into the net.
INDIA TAKE THE LEAD AGAIN.
SECOND QUARTER: IND 2-1 MAS
Penalty corner for India! they have both Harmanpreet Singh and Amit Rohidas on the pitch. A bad attempt from India!
The ball is sent to the second castle. and the ball is mis-trapped so it flies away towards the centreline.
This is the second time that the Indian second castle has mis-trapped the ball.
Second quarter: IND 1-1 MAS
India manage to save four penalty corners in a row before the Indians manage to get out of jail. and they counter-attack with pace, barging into the Malaysian circle.
But that attack comes to nothing.
Second quarter: IND 1-1 MAS
Ganbaatar tried to push Deepak off the mat early on but couldn't do it. Deepak finally tried a leg hold about a minute into the bout, Ganbaatar skipped away from him. Deepak then managed to get a takedown and rolled Ganbaatar over, thus taking a 2-0 lead. That is how it stood at the break. Ganbaatar managed to get a point back in the second half but Punia stood resolute after that. It was almost looking like a greco-roman bout towards the end with Ganbaatar trying to push Punia down and the Indian standing tall with everything he had.
Malaysia start the second quarter with a penalty corner. The team's trained by Pakistan drag-flick legend Sohail Abbas. The Malaysians try to trick the Indian goalrushers by a variation. But it's stopped!
Still IND 1-1 MAS
Both grapplers on their haunches right after that bout. The referee is asking them to get up so he can declare the winner. That was gritty, attritional stuff. And Deepak has won it 2-1.
That is Deepak's second consecutive Asian Games medal. He had won silver in men's 86kg at Hangzhou 2022.
Aman has received his gold medal and the Indian national anthem rang out. Right after his bout was Sagar Jaglan's bronze medal match in men's 74kg against Nurkozha Kaipanov of Kazakhstan. Sagar ended up losing that match by fall.
Deepak Punia takes the mat now for his men's 97kg bronze medal match and he is up against Mongolia's Gankhuyag Ganbaatar.
GOALLL! Malaysia changed their style quickly. They moved to attack, and it took just three minutes for an equaliser. India concede the lead pretty quickly, and the final is back on level terms. A wake-up call for the defending champions.
GOALLL! Captain Harmanpreet Singh leads from the front. India convert the penalty corner, with Harmanpreet putting his name on the scoresheet early in the first quarter. Sukhjeet with the stopper and Harmanpreet with a smooth conversion. Malaysia were defending deep, and their ultra-defensive play has given India the lead.
So the race for the 4th spot in the medals table heats up, thanks to that gold from Aman Sehrawat. One more gold for India (if Uzbeks do not win any more golds), pushes the Indians to the 4th spot because they have more medals otherwise.
We have the Indian men's hockey team in the final against Malaysia and Antim Panghal in the final too.
Deepak Punia and Sagar Jaglan will fight for bronze medal.
Aman brings the 20th gold medal for India. First time an Indian wrestler has become Asian Games champion in the men's 57 kg category. A solid win for him as he takes the flag and takes a lap of the mat.
From Pritish Raj
Another hold up as soon as Aman takes a 6-1 lead in the second period. Aman's opponent from North Korea is claiming that he has a left knee injury. And Aman believes that he's feigning injury to catch his breath!
The Indian wrestler completes a takedown to lead 2-0 against the North Korean wrestler! But there is a hold up in the final, after which the North Korean is given a point. Now it's back to the screen for the ref to check the video in slow mo.
Long hold up in the final
After leading the Indian cricket team to a gold medal with a win over Pakistan, India skipper Shreyas Iyer has told the official broadcasters SonyLIV: “When you're playing a final, you want each and every individual to step up and deliver and that's what we witnessed today. Abhishek giving us that start and then Tilak, basically finishing off the innings, and then in bowling, Washington taking charge. Axar being himself all the time, and Bumrah, we know what he has got in his armory. So, yeah, collective effort and overall, I would say comprehensive win.”
Shreyas Iyer asked about his thoughts in the last 10 overs of Pakistan’s chase when they were starting to give us a few concerns.
“Pakistan were cruising pretty well and they got the momentum in between. I just wanted to see to it that I get that fifth over as soon as possible, finish it off and then, Bumrah was there, Washington was there, the lead bowlers, they wanted to come in as well, so I basically paced their overs pretty well, that's what I felt. Especially, when the run rate is about 13 to 14, we know that the batsman, they are going to take charge, and one wicket, is going to change the momentum towards us. So, that's what happened and that crucial wicket of — I don't remember the name of the batsman — but that changed the momentum.”
After leading the Indian cricket team to a gold medal with a win over Pakistan, India skipper Shreyas Iyer has told the official broadcasters SonyLIV: “I’m elated. But if I have to use a word (to describe the tournament for India), I would say ecstatic as well. Because since the day we arrived in Japan, it was raining cats and dogs and we couldn't practice for almost a week, but the boys, the way they prepped themselves and also did our training on the side. We didn't complain, we didn't give any reason. So that was a sign of a champion team itself and today was just the reflection of that."
Iran India Bhai Bhai! Iranian Arian Salimi defeats Uzbekistan's Marat MavLonov in the men's 80kg+ final in Taekwondo at the Toyohashi Gymnasium. Another gold denied to Uzbekistan.
Uzbekistan also has a wrestler in final who defeated Deepak Punia by one point to enter the final.
Such marginal differences. Had Punia won that bout, it was India with one more gold medal chance
Sona, kitna Sona hai? 🥇
Even if it makes you sound like Unc Scrooge
To take off from that Pritish post on medals, that's why those narrowly missed golds hurt, why the second place silvers sting. At the Games it's all about Gold and where they push you on the medal table.
At the 2010 CWG, it was the last two badminton golds that had pushed India ahead of England, putting it at second.
Those Gold are mighty precious always. Hockey men next.
So India and Uzbekistan are in the race to become the 5th placed nation in the Asian Games medals standings:
3 Gold medal matches for Uzbekistan
1. Rhythmic Gymnastics Team
2. Taekwondo
3. Wrestling
( Depends on today's performance)
4. Equestrian Jumping
The maximum they can reach is 25 and minimum 21 now.
India is at 19, and there are three gold medal events left.
Wrestlers Antim and Aman fighting for gold while Deepak and Sagar will play for bronze medal. Indian men’s hockey team take on Malaysia in the final for a gold medal and Olympic berth.
So on the final day that India can win medals, they are chasing down Uzbekistan. The Uzbeks have 21 golds, while the Indian contingent is two gold medals behind. But we have wrestlers Antim and Aman fighting for gold while Deepak and Sagar will play for bronze medal.
Indian men’s hockey team take on Malaysia in the final for a gold medal and Olympic berth.
The Indian cricket team has won India its 19th gold! The Indians have defeated the Pakistan team by 19 runs in the gold medal match!
Pakistan need 52 runs to win the gold medal. But they have just 18 balls in their hand. The biggest weapon that the Pakistan team has right now in this chase of India's total of 211 is Hasan Nawaz, batting on 79 runs from 40 balls. India dropped him twice, first Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and then Washington Sundar.
Follow our dedicated Asian Games cricket final liveblog of India vs Pakistan
Archery: 5 golds | 9 medals
Athletics: 1 gold | 24 medals
Badminton: 0 golds | 1 medal
Boxing: 3 golds | 6 medal
Cricket: 1 gold (another gold possible) | 1 medal
Golf: 1 gold | 2 medals
Hockey: 1 gold (another gold possible) | 1 medal
Kabaddi: 2 golds
Kurash: 0 golds | 1 medal
Mixed Martial Arts: 0 golds | 1 medal
Rowing: 0 golds | 1 medal
Sailing: : 0 golds | 3 medals
Sepaktakraw: : 0 golds | 1 medal
Shooting: 3 golds | 15 medals
Soft Tennis: 0 golds | 1 medal
Squash: : 0 golds | 5 medal
Table Tennis: 0 golds | 1 medal
Weightlifting: 0 golds | 1 medal
Wrestling: 1 golds (more golds possible) | 3 medal
Wushu: 0 golds | 1 medal
Uzbekistan wins a gold in rhythmic gymnastics and are sitting at 21 golds now. They have finalists in Taekwondo and Wrestling also.
It looks unlikely that India will move up in the tally now
from Pritish Raj
Seventeen-year-old Kukum Mohod didn’t blink in the crunch. Up against former World Youth Champion Oh Yejin of Korea in the final, Kumkum won 6-5 via a shoot-off to become India’s first-ever recurve archer to win an Asian Games title.
Her WhatsApp display picture is a sketch with the caption: ‘My target is the Olympics and my dream also. And one day, I will complete this dream’. Her sketch speaks volumes about her ambition. After the historic medal at the Asian Games, which also secured an Olympic quota, the sky is the limit for her.
When Kumkum Mohod was born in 2009, South Korea had already spent two decades ruling women’s recurve archery. When she picked up a wooden bow in 2018, Korea had six straight Asian Games team titles and Olympic champions in its ranks. On Saturday, at her first Asian Games, the 17-year-old tore through that dynasty one Korean at a time, and then shot the final arrow into the 10-ring to become an Asiad champion. She made history by becoming the first Indian recurve archer to win an individual gold medal at the Asian Games.
And what a route she took to get there. Mohod beat two Koreans, including the world champion Kang Chae-young, nicknamed ‘the destroyer’, and a Chinese archer on her way to the title.
“I had visualised this,” she said. “I had visualised my match against Kang… And before the shoot-off, I had visualised shooting an X (dead centre of target), and that is exactly what happened.”
As things stand, India is currently fifth with 18 golds and 80 medals overall.
Uzbekistan is fourth with 20 gold and India will need atleast three gold to overtake and given Uzbekistan doesn't win any gold medal.
The Top 3 are untouchable.
India's archery campaign is done today and it ends with one gold and one bronze.
With Cricket ongoing, what's next for India?
Indian men's hockey team take on Malaysia in the final for a gold medal and Olympic berth.
Indian wrestlers will be in action with Antim and Aman fighting for gold while Deepak and Sagar will play for bronze medal.
The scoring rate for India has gone down. They were scoring at 16s in the powerplay, and once that new ball lost its shine, batting became very difficult. Once again, that is why no praise is worthy enough for the innings Abhishek Sharma has played today. Although the scoring might be a little lower, these are similar conditions India have played in the Asia Cup 2025 when they faced Pakistan in Dubai, where scoring did get harder and harder in the second half of the innings, and it was Tilak Varma who navigated the situations well, and good news for India is he is in the middle.
Dhiraj starts with an eight before Neeraj shots a ten. Dhiraj hits a ten followed by a nine by Neeraj. Dhiraj now hits another ten. His score is 28 and if Neeraj hits a ten he wins. Neeraj hits a ten and win the match 6-4 to win the bronze medal.
Neeraj starts with a nine followed by Nakanishi hitting a ten. Neeraj hits his second shot as a nine. Nakanishi hits a nine on his second shot. Neeraj trails by one point and hits an eight. Nakanishi hits a ten to win the set and win the match 7-1.
Japan and Korea take the LA Olympics quota while the two Indians will now fight for the bronze medal
Nitin Sharma updates
Neeraj starts the third set with a nine. Nakanishi starts with a nine too. Neeraj hits a ten on his second shot before the Japanese hits a ten. Neeraj needs to win the set or tie the set. Neeraj hits a ten and Nakanishi hits a ten to split points with Nakanishi now leading 5-1
In the second set, Neeraj Chauhan starts with an eight. Nakanishi a ten. Neeraj hits a ten followed by the Japanese hitting a 8. Both are tied 18-18. Neeraj hits a nine. Nakanishi hits a ten to win the second set and has now a 4-0 lead
Nakanishi starts with a ten, Neeraj hits a nine. Nakanishi hits another ten. Neeraj hits another nine. The Japanese hits a nine. Neeraj cannot overhaul the score of 29 and hits a ten but loses the first set. Nakanishi takes a 2-0 lead in the men's recurve individual semi-final, writes Nitin Sharma
India still has a chance to send an Indian into the final and bag a Olympics quota. Neeraj Chauhan will face Japan's Junya Nakanishi in the other semi-finals, writes Nitin Sharma.
Dhiraj Bommadevara starts the fifth set with a nine. Lee Woo-seok shoots a ten. Dhiraj hits another nine before the Korean hits another ten. Korean has two point advantage. Dhiraj hits another nine. Korean shoots a ten and sails into the final with a 7-3 win over Dhiraj.
Nitin Sharma updates
Shivani Naik writes on why cricket in these games matters
It's good to have Indian cricket in the Olympic program -- and by extension into Asiad. It brings billion eyeballs to the Games that otherwise wouldn't. It sensitises cricket-exclusive fans to how athletes in less hyped sports go about it. It gives cricket a deeper meaning of a greater purpose, because golds are precious, hard-earned. It even dusts off an India-Pakistan rivalry that is plateaued and lopsided. It offers the Far East (Asia's best in sport) a glimpse of cricket's gold standard that India or Ind vs Pak, is.
It sobers the madness that cricket can become in its otherwise limited universe, and in turn expands its reach and visibility.
No golds can be assured - not the Asiad one, not the Olympic one. But bringing cricket into the Games umbrella, brings cricket the affection of Olympic sports-only fans, who knows Gold medals are hard-earned as this Asiad has clearly proven.
It will bring cricket under the ambit of Olympic rigour -- dope controls, wearing accreditation cards, blending into a larger protocol, co-habiting with other athletes. Pressure to deliver a gold medal and push India higher a notch in the larger national sports story.
LA Olympics 2028 will have the likes of Australia, South Africa, England who will not let go of the top prize - but it's a more significant piece of the pie for India, that doesn't win gold prolifically. Saturday is important because -- hockey and cricket teams can complete the 4 necessary golds the Indian contingent need. It's a responsibility too. When cricket starts pulling its weight. Contributes to the India story, as an equal of archery, hockey, wrestling, boxing, kabaddi, shooting and athletics.
Dhiraj Bommadevara starts with a nine in the fourth set. Lee Woo-seok hits a ten. Dhiraj hits a ten before the Korean hits another ten. Dhiraj hits a ten. Dhiraj is at 29 and if Korean hits a ten, it will be win for Korean. Lee hits a nine and the duo split points. Dhiraj trails 3-5 and once again survives
Dhiraj Bommadevara starts with a ten in the third set. Korean Lee Woo-seok responds with a ten. Dhiraj again shoots a ten. Lee Woo-seok shoots another ten. Dhiraj hits another ten. Korean need a ten to tie this set and he hits a ten. Dhiraj now trails 2-4
Earlier he had a narrow escape in second set where he shot 8 after two tens.
Dhiraj Bommadevara starts with an eight while Lee Woo-seok too hits an eight. Dhiraj follows it with a ten. The Korean then hits a ten too. Dhiraj hits an eight before the Korean hits a ten to win the opening set 28-26 and take a 2-0 lead in the first semi-finals
Nitin Sharma updates
Neeraj Chauhan will face Japan's Junya Nakanishi in the other semi-finals. So there is a possibility of two Indian archers reaching the final. Remember two olympic quotas are on offer and if two Indians reach the final, only the gold medal winner winner will get the LA Quota for India.
Nitin Sharma updates
Four Indian wrestlers will fight for a medal later in the day.
Antim Panghal (Women's 53 kg), Aman Sehrawat (Men's 57 kg) will play in gold medal bout while Deepak Punia (Men's 97 kg) and Sagar Jaglan (Men's 74 kg) in bronze medal bout.
Neeraj Chauhan defeated Lam Dorji 7-1 in the quarter final to enter the semis of the men's recurve Archery individual competition.
He will feature in semis later.
This is second big upset of the day from the young Indian wrestler Sagar Jaglan.
He has defeated the reigning 74 kg Olympic champion Razambek Jamalov of Uzbekistan to enter bronze medal match of the category.
Another Indian Neeraj Chauhan will face Bhutan's Lam Dorji in the quarter-finals in a few minutes. Chauhan had earlier defeated Tokyo Olympics mixed team and men's team champion and Paris Olympics men's team champion Kim Je-deok in the pre-quarters earlier this week.
Nitin Sharma writes
Dhiraj Bommadevara will face Paris Olympics bronze medallist and team gold medallist Lee Woo-seok in the semi-finals in men's individual recurve event.
Writes Nitin Sharma
Another final for an Indian wrestler as Antim Panghal overcomes a familiar foe in Zhang Jin of China to win 6-1 in the semi-final.
Aman Sehrawat comes back from behind to win 14-8 against Aiaal Belolyubskii of Tajikistan.
Aman was behind 8-4 before making a comeback in the second half. He will play for gold in the final.
Dhiraj defeats Amirkhan Sadikov of Uzbekistan 6-2 in the quarter-finals to enter the semis.
He is most likely to face Korean archer Lee in the semis.
Deepak Punia loses in men's 97 kg semi-final. He lost 8-9 to the Uzbek wrestler and will play for the bronze later in the day.
Dhiraj Bommadevara will be in action against Amirkhon Sadikov in the men's recurve individual quarter-final in a few minutes. Another Indian Neeraj Chauhan too is in quarter-finals.
Remember, there are two quotas on offer in this event too for LA Olympics with the finalists winning the quota.
Nitin Sharma writes
Pranavi had made a triple bogey on the third hole dropping three shots but she recovered with three birdies and par on the rest of the holes later in her round to win the gold medal in women's individual golf event.
Nitin Sharma writes.
Pranavi Sharath Urs makes the put and finishes 15-under and wins the gold in women's individual event.
The trio of Pranavi, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar has also won the team silver medal.
Aman Sehrawat dominated Aitanov of Kazakhstan to win 10-1 in the quarterfinals of men's 57 kg category.
He enters semifinal now
In women’s golf. Pranavi Urs has a one shot lead before she goes to the last hole. The Singapore golfer and the Chinese golfer are trailing by one shot as they also go to the last hole. A nail-biting finish awaits to decide the gold medal. Pranavi missed a birdie chance on the 17th hole.
Her total stands at 15-under-261 while the Singapore and Chinese golfer are tied at secomd place with a total of 16-under-262 with last hole to play
Nitin Sharma writes
Antim Panghal enters women's 53 kg after defeating Sakibjamal Esbosynova of Kazakhstan.
Another easy win for the India.
With one hole to go, India's Pranavi is leading the women's individual gold competition.
The women's team are also in medal race placed second behind China.
Olympic medallist Aman Sehrawat has won against Yamato Ogawa of Japan with a score of 20-9.
Due to no telecast, the frantic match was missed on TV but as the scorecard suggests, Aman was trailing 8-9 after the first half but won 12 points the second to win 20-9.
Antim Panghal (53 kg) and Manisha Bhanwala (57 kg) have won their respective bouts to enter quarterfinal.
Antim defeated Shuglya Omirbek of Kazakhstan 9-0 while Manisha pinned Kwon of Korea.
Manisha will face Japanese legend and unbeaten wrestler Akari Fujinami in the next round.
With Kumkum's medal, India has won 17 gold medals.
Can India make it 20?
Chances-
India v Pakistan, Men's Cricket final
India v Malaysia, Men's hockey final
Women's golf: Pranavi Urs
Wrestling: Aman, Antim, Deepak Punia, Sagar Jaglan, Manisha Bhanwala
Archery: Dhiraj and Neeraj in individuals
It's not unlikely at the moment.
Deepak Punia enters the semi-final in the men's 97 kg category as his opponent from Hongkong China has forfeited the bout giving him a walkover.
There is a break till 9:30 AM and the action resumes after that as Dhiraj Bommadevara and Neeraj Chauhan feature in the men's individual quarter-finals.
17-year-old Kumkum Anil Mohod becomes a part of history on her Asian Games debut.
Here are her medals and the significance
GOLD - Women's Team (1st Gold medal for India in this event at Asian Games)
GOLD - Women's Individual (1st Indian woman to win a Gold medal in Recurve Individual event at Asian Games and Olympic quota secured)
SILVER - Mixed Team (1st medal for India in this event at Asian Games)
Tokyo Olympian Deepak Punia starts his 97 kg campaign with a big win over Chinese Zhou Junpeng.
Deepak won 12-2 by technical superiority and completely dominated the Chinese opponent.
Meanwhile, there has been an upset in the men's 74 kg category as the Indian wrestler Sagar Jaglan has defeated reigning Asian Champion Tulga Ochir 8-1.
He scored two take downs before a big 4 pointer to defeat the Mongolian.
The Indian archer has also secured the quota for the 2028 LA Olympics.
A come from behind win for the Indian archer as she wins the shoot-off and lands India another gold.
Nitin Sharma writes
That's was some incredible composure from the Indian archer. She creates history to become first-ever Indian Recurve archer to win gold at the Asian Games.
The 17-year-old shows incredible composure to shoot 30 in the last set and make it 5-5 as the Korean shooter falters.
Kumkum shoots an 8 and then a 9 to lose the two points in the fourth set.
The Korean leads 5-3 at the moment and is one point away from the gold.
With a score of 30-29 in the third set, Kumkum is tied 3-3 with the Korean.
Kumkum hits another ten. Oh Yejin hits a nine. Kumkum wins the third set 30-29 and now is tied 3-3 in the final.
In the second set both Archers shot 29 each and won one points each.
Kumkum Mohod and Oh Yejin share a point each in the second set after being tied 29-29 in the second set. Kumkum trails 1-3 in the final and needs a tie or win in the third set to have a chance for the gold medal. A set loss will make her finish with a silver.
Nitin Sharma writes
Kumkum hits an eight off her last shot in the first set and loses the first set 27-29 against Oh Yejin of Korea in the women's recurve final. She trails 0-2 in the final.
Nitin Sharma writes.
Kumkum Mohod knocked out Kang Chae-young, Tokyo Olympics women’s team gold medallist and reigning world champion in the quarter-final followed by her win over Zhu Jingyi in the semis. The Indian now faces former world youth champion another Korean Oh Yejin in the final in a few minutes from now.
Nitin Sharma writes
A total of five Indian wrestlers will be in action today.
Antim Panghal and Manisha Bhanwala will compete in the women's 53 kg and 57 kg final.
Paris Olympics bronze medallist Aman Sehrawat will be in action along with Sagar Jaglan in men's 74 kg and Olympian Deepak Punia in men's 97 kg.
India has won three medals already in wrestling, how many more they can add today?
24 minutes from now, Kumkum will have a shot at history as she will take Oh Yejin of Korea who just won the other semifinal.
Just hold on and be ready for the final to watch the 17-year-old in action.
With this win, Kumkum has created multiple layers of history.
She has assured India of first-ever women's individual medal in recurve Archery at the Asian Games, a feat that eluded the former recurve archers.
She also became the first Indian women's recurve archer to enter the final in the Asian Games history.
Another Olympic quota sealed.
Kumkum Mohod has sealed the LA Olympics quota for India for India so the a 6-2 win over the China Zhu Jingyi in the women’s recurve semifinals. The top two archers get the LA quota here in individual recurve events.
Nitin Sharma writes
The 17-year-old has entered the women's individual final in the recurve Archery. Her last shot of 10 drew wild celebrations from the Indian contingent in crowd.
Kumkum wins two points in the fourth set to make it 6-2 and she will fight for gold now.
Gold medal match at 7:20 am
Up against Zhu Jingyi of China, Kumkum is currently leading the semi-final.
Kumkum won the first set 28-27 and then second set was tied at 30-30.
The third set was again tied at 29-29.
The Indian leads 3-1.
17-year-old Kumkum Anil Mohod defeated 2020 Tokyo Olympic champion Kang Che-young 6-4 in the women's individual recurve quarter-final.
The Indian archer won 6-4 in a tightly fought battle.
Read more about the 17-year-old as Nitin Sharma profiles her
Good Morning to everyone!
Welcome to the Asian Games blog by the Indian Express sports desk.
Last day of the frenzy today and we have Archery, Golf, Cricket, Hockey and Wrestling to look forward to.
For nine days, India had waited for the gold rush. On Friday, it arrived – six in all – for the country’s best day at the Asian Games. With it India moved into the top-5 in the medal tally. It started with the archers making history and finished with the women’s hockey team winning a rare gold. Each gold was won against the odds. READ MORE
