Asian Games 2026, Day 10 Highlights: Double podium for India in men's javelin; Murali Sreeshankar settles for silver

India blanked Bangladesh 10-0 in their final pool game of the men's hockey competition at the Asian Games 2026. India, who had already qualified for the semifinals, topped Pool A with five wins in as many games. India play Pakistan in the first semifinal on October 1 while Malaysia take on South Korea in the other semifinal on the same day. India's goals against Bangladesh came via Abhishek (3), Jugraj Singh (22) Harmanpreet Singh (27, 40, 45), Sukhjeet Singh (32), Lakra Shilanand (44, 45), Sanjay (59) and Mandeep Singh (60).

The Indian women's team finished fourth in the Women’s 4x100 relay final with a time of 43.57.

Double podium for India in men's javelin. Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage wins gold with a massive 88.55m throw. India’s Yashvir Singh takes silver with a PB of 85.72m and Rohit Yadav takes bronze after throwing 84.35m. Pakistan’s Olympic champion Arshad Nadeem finished fourth with a season-best 80.29m.

India enters final of Men's 4x400 relay. The Indian quartet finished first ahead of Qatar and China in the men’s 4x400m relay with a time of 3:01.49, qualifying for the final.

Murali Sreeshankar wins silver for India with a mark of 8.07m. China’s Shi Yuhao won gold with 8.17m, while Uzbekistan’s Anvar Anvarov took bronze with 8.06m. Sreeshankar was struggling and had also overstepped on the board in his fourth attempt. He did not return for his final two attempts.

Parul Chaudhary settles for bronze in Women's 5000m Final with a timing of 15:14.61. Seema finished 6th with a timing of 15:35.06. India had a Gold medal in the last edition of the Asian Games.

Another medal in athletics for India. Gulveer Singh win silver medal with a Personal Best timing of 3:36.72s in Men's 1500m Final. Another Indian, Yoonus Shah finished 9th with a timing of 3:43.88. India had a Bronze medal in the last edition of the Asian Games.

Bronze for Vithya Ramraj in women's 400m Hurdles with a National Record timing of 54.75s. Anu Raghavan finished 5th with a Personal Best timing of 55.88s. Vithya broke India's longest-standing national athletics record which was held by PT Usha in the women's 400-meter hurdles, set at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics with a time of 55.42 s.

Seema misses on a medal in women's discuss throw. The Indian produces her PB throw of 59.88m to finish fourth in the final. Seema threw the disc 53.67m, 58.40m and 58.18m in her first three attempts. She dropped to a 56.89m throw in her fourth attempt, before coming up with a best throw of 59.88m in the fifth round. In the sixth attempt, Seema threw 59.81m.

China’s Feng Bin (63.83m) and Jiang Zhichao (62.25m) won gold and silver respectively. Thailand's Subenrat Insaeng took home bronze with 61.43m.

The India vs Bangladesh men's hockey match has been rescheduled by 30 minutes due to inclement weather in Japan. “Start delayed by 30 min due to inclement weather,” HI said on X. The match will now start at 4 PM IST.

Drama in mixed 4x100m relay heats. India's Animesh Kujur fell on the track soon after after handing the baton to Harita Bhadra on the final exchange. As a result, it caused a disruption for the Korean sprinters, who were close behind. Meanwhile, India still qualified for the final after finishing second with 41.54s.

India's athletics campaign will continue today, with Seema and Sanya Yadav currently in action in the women's discus throw event.

Seema is currently in third place with a best throw of 58.40m, whereas Sanya is in seventh place with a throw of 47.70m.

India have been assured of another medal in Aichi-Nagoya as Priya Ghanghas qualifies for the semifinals of the womeb's 60kg boxing event.

She will at least win a bronze now, but she will be hoping to clinch a gold no matter what.

She defeats Mijgona Samadova of Tajikstan by unanimous decision.

Indian boxer Priya Ghanghas is currently in action in her women's 60kg quarterfinal against Mijgona Samadova of Tajikstan.

India have edged Japan 2-1 in the women's team squash (Pool C) match. Tanvi Khanna was in action in the third match of the tie against Akari Midorikawa.

The Indian prevailed in the match with a 12-10, 11-9, 4-11, 12-10 scoreline.

Tanvi Khanna is currently in action in the women's team squash (Pool C) match against Japan. The tie is evenly poised at 1-1, with Tanvi competing in the third match against Akari Midorikawa.

Tanvi has won the first game 12-10.

Anahat Singh and Satomi Watanabe has played out a thrilling match in the women's team squash Pool C match. The match was evenly poised at 2-2, but the Japanese eventually prevailed with a 3-2 scoreline.

Indian tennis star Sumit Nagal was in action in his round of 32 match against Seongchan Hong of South Korea. Nagal was leading 3-2 in the first set when rain played spoilsport. The match will now resume on Tuesday, with no more play possible today.

India are taking on hosts Japan in the women's team Pool C clash of the squash competition. India's Joshna Chinappa defeated Erisa Sano 3-0 (11-1, 11-8, 11-9).

Anahat Singh is currently taking on Satomi Watanabe in the second match of the tie, wherein India are leading 1-0.

India failed to qualify for the semifinals of the women's doubles sepaktakraw event, finishing last in their group at the Asian Games 2026 on Monday. The duo of Menenu Tsukru and Leirentonbi Devi Elangbam went down 1-2 (11-15, 15-9, 13-15) to Japan in its final Group B game. India had lost to South Korea and the Philippines by 0-2 margins on Sunday. The top two teams from each group progressed to the semifinals.