Asian Games 2026 Day 7 Highlights: Gulveer Singh clinches silver; Manpreet Kaur bags shot put bronze

TK Vishal finishes first in Heat 2 of the men’s 400m. After helping India take silver in the mixed 4x400m on Thursday, he clocks 45.27 and qualifies directly for the final.

Prachi finishes third in Heat 3 of the women’s 400m. She qualifies by place and advances to the final.

India's Kiran Pahal has qualified for the women's 400m final after finishing second in her heat. Prachi, in her heat , finishes third. So while she won't automatically qualify, she could still advance on the basis of timing. However, that will be known once all the heats are completed.

India's Baranica Elangovan has made history, by winning the country's first-ever Asian Games medal in women's pole vault. There was some confusion as she and Kazakhstan's Polina Ivanova remained tied for third place, with both having cleared heights of 4.15m.

However, Elangovan won bronze after it was discovered that Ivanova had more failed attempts.

Gulveer Singh clinches a silver medal for India at the 2026 Asian Games in the men's 10,000m event! He finishes second with a time of 28:29.38 seconds.

India clinch another medal as Manpreet Kaur clinches bronze in women's shot put event. She finishes with a best throw of 17.17m.

India's Gurindervir Singh finishes fifth in the men's 100m Heat 2 with a timing of 10.32 seconds. He fails to secure automatic qualification to the final as only the top two racers uin each heat do so.

India has won another medal as the table tennis mixed doubles pair of Manush Shah and Diya Chitale clinch bronze, following a loss to Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin of China. The match ended 4-0 in favour of the Chinese.

Manpreet Kaur and Krishna Jayasankar Menon will be in action in the women's shot put final that will start soon.

Sindhushree Ganesha and Baranica Elangovan will compete in the women's pole vault final, whereas Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar will be in action in men's hammer throw.

Nirupama Devi has finished seventh in the women's 61kg weightlifting final. She had cleared two out of three attempts in both snatch and the clean and jerk round, but those aren't enough to secure a podium finish.

Manush Shah and Diya Chitale's mixed doubles semifinal in table tennis got underway a few minutes ago. The Indian duo are taking on China's Sun Yingsha and Wang Chuqin. The Chinese pair won the first game 11-8 and the second game is underway.

It is a disappointing outing for Sajan Prakash in the men's 200m Butterfly event as he finishes the final in seventh place with a time of 1:58.42.

Nirupama Devi impresses in the clean and jerk round of her women's 61kg weightlifting final. She clears 120kg and 124kg in her first two attempts, but fails to clear 127kg in her third.

She is currently in fifth place with a total score of 217.

Boxer Preeti Pawar has been knocked out following a unanimous decision by the judges, wh award a 5-0 win for North Korea's Pang Chol Mi in their 54kg last 16 clash.

Indian boxer Preeti Pawar is currently in action in her 54kg round of 16 clash against North Korea's Pang Chol Mi.

India's Nirupama Devi is currently in action in the women's weightlifting 61kg final. She cleared 90kg and 93kg lifts in her first two snatch attempts, but failed to clear 95kg in her third.

She has set 120kg in the clean and jerk round.

There's a huge upset in badminton, as the Indian men's doubles duo of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have been knocked out in the first round. They lose to Thailand's Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Peeratchai Sukphun 21-12, 19-21, 14-21. Satwik-Chirag won the first game quite comfortably, but they weren't able to replicate that in the rest of the match.

Indian shuttlers Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty are currently in action in the men's doubles first round match against Thailand's Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Peeratchai Sukphun.

The Indians currently lead 18-12 in the first game.

The India men's kabaddi team have qualified for the final at the 2026 Asian Games with a 66-28 win over Thailand in the semifinal.

India will take on Iran in the final on Saturday.

There won't be a medal for India in the men's 50m air rifle 3 positions individual event as both Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Niraj Kumar finish outside the top three. Aishwary finishes fifth with a score of 327.6 whereas Niraj finishes eighth and last with a score of 299.