
Asian Games 2026 Day 11 Highlights: India climbed to 10th place in the latest Asian Games 2026 medals tally after the conclusion of events in Aichi-Nagoya on Tuesday.
The day began with Neeru Dhanda clinching a historic gold medal in the women's individual trap shooting event, and the day also ended with a gold medal, with the women's relay team winning the 4x400m event.
Dhanda was also part of the women's trap shooting team that won silver earlier on Tuesday.
There were several other medalllists in athletics, most notably that of Gulveer Singh, who won his third medal at the 2026 Asian Games. The India men's mixed relay team also won bronze medal.
India have so far won 53 medals in total in Nagoya, that includes six gold, 21 silver and 26 bronze medals.
In boxing, Nareder settled for bronze following a loss to Aibek Oralbay of Kazakhstan in the men's 90+kg semifinal. Ankush Panghal, though, confirmed India of at least a silver after he reached the final of the men's 80kg event.
| Time | Sport | Event | Indian athlete(s)/team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:54 a.m. | Surfing | Men’s Shortboard Quarterfinals | Kishore Kumar Anbarasu vs Toby Espejon (Philippines) |
| 5:30 a.m. | Archery | Recurve Men’s Individual 1/16 Elimination | Dhiraj Bommadevara vs TBC; Neeraj Chauhan vs Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla (Indonesia) |
| 6:10 a.m. | Archery | Recurve Men’s Individual 1/8 Elimination | Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan (subject to qualification) |
| 6:24 a.m. | Kurash | Men’s -66kg Round of 16 | Vipin Kumar vs TBC |
| 6:30 a.m. | Cycling Track | Women’s Team Sprint Qualifying | Celestina, Sarita Kumari, Keerthi Rangaswamy Chikka |
| 6:30 a.m. | Cycling Track | Men’s Team Sprint Qualifying | Rojit Singh Yanglem, David Beckham Elkatohchoongo, Ronaldo Singh Laitonjam, Jemsh Singh Keithellakpam |
| 6:30 a.m. | Cycling Track | Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying | Harshita Jakhar, Swasti Singh, Meenakshi, Pooja Baban Danole |
| 6:30 a.m. | Shooting | Trap Men Individual Qualification & Team Final Day 3 | Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai, Shapath Bharadwaj |
| 6:30 a.m. | Shooting | Trap Women Individual Qualification & Team Final Day 3 | Maneesha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Neeru |
| 6:30 a.m. | Squash | Women’s Team, Pool C | India vs Iran |
| 7:00 a.m. | Canoe Slalom | Men’s Kayak Single Heats | Pradhyumna Singh Rathod, Hitesh Kewat |
| 7:12 a.m. | Cycling Track | Women’s Team Pursuit Qualifying | Harshita Jakhar, Swasti Singh, Meenakshi, Pooja Baban Danole |
| 7:14 a.m. onwards | Surfing | Men’s Shortboard Semifinals | Kishore Kumar Anbarasu (subject to qualification) |
| 7:30 a.m. | Sailing | Youth Mixed Dinghy Opening Series | Shraddha Verma, Ravindra Kumar Sharma |
| 7:30 a.m. | Sailing | Men’s Skiff Opening Series | Manu Francis, Prince Noble |
| 7:35 a.m. | Sailing | Women’s Skiff Opening Series | Harshita Tomar, Shital Verma |
| 7:40 a.m. | Sailing | Girls’ Dinghy Opening Series | Mahi Verma |
| 7:50 a.m. | Canoe Slalom | Women’s Canoe Single Heats | Pallavi Jagtap, Rina Sen |
| 8:00 a.m. onwards | Kurash | Men’s -66kg Quarterfinals | Vipin Kumar (subject to qualification) |
| 8:47 a.m. | Canoe Slalom | Women’s Kayak Single Heats | Shikha Chouhan |
| 9:00 a.m. | Sport Climbing | Women’s Speed 4 Qualification | Joga Purty |
| 9:26 a.m. | Surfing | Men’s Shortboard Bronze Medal Match | Kishore Kumar Anbarasu (subject to qualification) |
| 9:45 a.m. | Archery | Recurve Women’s Individual 1/16 Elimination | Kirti vs Phuong Thao Hoang (Vietnam); Kumkum Mohod vs Urantungalag Bishindee (Mongolia) |
| 10:00 a.m. | Sailing | Men’s Dinghy Qualification Series | Vishnu Saravanan |
| 10:00 a.m. | Tennis | Men’s Singles Second Round | Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Gunawan Trismuwantara (Indonesia) |
| 10:10 a.m. | Sailing | Women’s Dinghy Qualification Series | Nethra Kumanan |
| 10:25 a.m. | Archery | Recurve Women’s Individual 1/8 Elimination | Kirti, Kumkum Mohod (subject to qualification) |
| 10:30 a.m. | Shooting | Trap Women Individual Final | Maneesha Keer, Aashima Ahlawat, Neeru (subject to qualification) |
| 10:40 a.m. | Sailing | Women’s Windsurfing Opening Series | Katya Ida Coelho |
| 10:50 a.m. onwards | Kurash | Men’s -66kg Semifinals | Vipin Kumar (subject to qualification) |
| 11:00 a.m. | Boxing | Men’s 80kg Semifinal | Ankush Panghal vs Fazliddin Erkinboev (Uzbekistan) |
| 11:30 a.m. | Boxing | Men’s +90kg Semifinal | Narender Berwal vs Aibek Oralbay (Kazakhstan) |
| 11:30 a.m. onwards | Cycling Track | Women’s Team Sprint First Round Heats | India (subject to qualification) |
| 11:42 a.m. onwards | Cycling Track | Men’s Team Sprint First Round Heats | India (subject to qualification) |
| 11:45 a.m. | Kurash | Men’s -66kg Final | Vipin Kumar (subject to qualification) |
| 11:54 a.m. onwards | Cycling Track | Women’s Team Pursuit First Round | India (subject to qualification) |
| 12:00 noon | Shooting | Trap Men Individual Final | Ahvar Rizvi, Kynan Chenai, Shapath Bharadwaj (subject to qualification) |
| 12:30 p.m. | Volleyball | Men’s Team, Pool C | India vs Qatar |
| 12:30 p.m. onwards | Tennis | Men’s Singles Second Round | Sumit Nagal vs Seongchan Hong (South Korea) |
| 12:30 p.m. onwards | Tennis | Men’s Doubles Second Round | Anirudh Chandrasekar / Balaji Narayanaswamy vs Abhishek Bastola / Pradip Khadka |
| 12:30 p.m. onwards | Tennis | Men’s Doubles Second Round | Yuki Bhambri / Dhakshineswar Suresh vs Denis Yevseyev / Beibit Zhukayev |
| 12:43 p.m. onwards | Cycling Track | Women’s Team Sprint Medal Races | India (subject to qualification) |
| 12:49 p.m. onwards | Cycling Track | Men’s Team Sprint Medal Races | India (subject to qualification) |
| 2:50 p.m. | Athletics | Men’s Pole Vault Final | Dev Meena, Kuldeep Kumar |
| 3:35 p.m. | Athletics | Women’s High Jump Final | Pooja Singh, Supriya Basavaraju |
| 3:35 p.m. | Tennis | Mixed Doubles First Round | Ankita Raina / Balaji Narayanaswamy vs Eudice Chong / Kairan Thompson |
| 4:05 p.m. | Athletics | Women’s Hammer Throw Final | Tanya Chaudhary, Anushka Yadav |
| 4:20 p.m. | Athletics | Women’s 800m Final | Pooja |
| 4:35 p.m. | Athletics | Men’s 800m Final | Mohammed Afsal |
| 4:45 p.m. | Athletics | Men’s 5000m Final | Avinash Sable, Gulveer Singh |
| 5:18 p.m. | Athletics | 4 x 100m Relay Mixed Final | India |
| 5:35 p.m. | Athletics | Women’s 4 x 400m Relay Final | India |
| 5:47 p.m. | Athletics | Men’s 4 x 400m Relay Final | India |
India are currently in 10th place in the Asian Games 2026 medals tally and have won a total of 53 medals. This includes six gold, 21 silver and 26 bronze medals.
China currently lead the overall medals tally with 143 gold, 62 silver and 48 bronze, adding up to 253 medals. With 44 gold, 71 silver and 66 bronze (181 total medals), Japan are in second place.
South Korea are in third place with 95 medals in total. This includes 24 gold, 27 silver and 44 bronze medals.
In India's final event of the day, the India men's relay team clinch bronze in the 4x400m event with a timing of 3:01.61.
The team pf Manu, Ramesh, Vishal and Dharmveer finish behind Japan (
Gold) and Qatar (Silver).
Medals keep coming India's way today, and it is another gold medal. The women's relay team featuring Vithya Ramraj, Kiran, Prachi and Machettira Poovamma win gold medal for India in the 4x400m competition. The quartet finish with a timing of 3:29.69.
Pooja wins bronze medal in the women's high jump final after she finishes third with a best jump of 1.84m. She has to settle for bronze after failing to clear 1.87m on three occasions.
The Indian mixed relay team comprising of Animesh Kujur, Gurindervir Singh, Abinaya Rajarajan and Harita Bhadra clinch bronze in the 4x100 competition.
Gulveer Singh, take a bow! Gulveer Singh clinches a bronze medal in the 5000m men's race. This is his third medal at the 2026 Asian Games in Nagoya, having clinched silver in both men's 10,000m and men's 1500m.
It is a disappointing outing for Mohammad Afsal in the men's 800m as he finishes in last place in the eight-player competition with a timing of 1:48.27.
Pooja Olla fails to win a medal as she finishes sevesnth out of eight competitors at the women's 800m final. She finishes with a time of 2:06.72.
Pooja has managed to clear a distance of 1.80m in the women's high jump final and is currently on top of the 15-player standings.
There are a couple of Indians in the women's hammer throw final too, with Anushka Yadav and Tanya Chaudhary competing in the event.
There will be a flurry of athletics events from now as women's high jump begins. India's Pooja and Surpiya Basavaraju are in action in the event.
In the men's pole vault final, both Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar are currently out of the medal positions. Dev Meena is currently in fifth place with a score of 5.35m, whereas Kuldeep is in ninth place with the same score.
What a comeback! The India men's volleyball team come back from two sets down to beat Qatar in their Pool C match. The final scores after five sets read 26-28, 25-27, 25-23, 25-20, 24-22.
In the men's pole vault final, both Dev Kumar Meena and Kuldeep Kumar have cleared 5.20m.
The men's pole vault final is well underway, with Kuldeep Kumar going for his first attempt. He successfully clears 5.05m in his first attempt.
India have clinched the fourth set against Qatar in their men's volleyball Pool C match, winning it with a 25-20 margin. The match is now level 2-2 and it will go into a deciding fifth set.
India had lost the first two sets but have bounced back strongly.
The men's pole vault event, featuring India's Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar, is currently underway. As per the start list, Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar are 11th and 12th respectively, meaning that they will make their attempts at the very end.
India will hope for more medals today, with Dev Meena and Kuldeep Kumar in action in the men's pole vault final. That event is scheduled to get underway at 2.50 PM IST.
After going down in the first two sets, India bounce back to clinch the third set against Qatar in their men's volleyball clash. India clinch the third set with a 25-23 scoreline.
Qatar clinch the second set of their men's volleyball group stage match against India. It was another closely-fought set, but Qatar clinch it with a 27-25 scoreline.
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