Asian Games 2026 Day 8 Highlights: Tajinderpal Singh Toor wins shot put silver after double gold in kabaddi

Parul Chaudhary misses a Women's 1500m medal. Chaudhary finishes fourth with a time of 4:09.46s. Another Indian in the fray in the same event, Pooja finishes sixth with 4:16.78. In Men's 400m, TK Vishal finishes fifth with a time of 45.48s. Thailand’s Joshua Atkinson wins the race with 44.90, and Suleiman Abdulrahman finishes second with 44.99.

India's Prachi win Women's 400m BRONZE with a timing of 53.21s. Another Indian in the fray, Kiran Pahal, finished 5th with a timing of 53.41s. India had a 4th place and Round 1 exit in both the last edition of Asian Games. Salwa Naser won gold and Zahra Manoujan Zarei took home silver.

India's Tajinderpal Singh Toor won a silver medal in men's shot put at the Asian Games -- his third medal at the Continental showpiece. Toor, who won gold medal in the last two editions of the Games, bagged the silver, hurling the iron ball to 20.64m.

Iran's Mohammadreza Tayebise broke the Games record and took home the gold with a throw of 20.81, breaking Toor's 20.75m set in 2018. Mohammed Tolu of Saudi Arabia bagged the bronze with an effort of 20.48m.

Praveen Chithravel, who won a medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, won't take part in the men's triple jump final. Earlier, Chithravel looked to be in discomfort in his calf or lower leg before walking away from the runway. He looked in pain and shook his head before leaving the area.

In the men's 1500m, Yoonus Shah and Gulveer Singh entered the final. Animesh Kujur entered the men's 200m final, after finishing second in the semifinal with a time of 20.81 seconds.

Athletics news from Aichi-Nagoya. National record holder and 2023 Asian Games silver medalist Jyothi Yarraji has been judged ‘Did not start’ (DNS) in heat 1 of the women’s 100m hurdles. Another Indian in the fray in the same event, Nandhini Kongan finishes fourth by clocking 13.48s and qualified for the final.

Badminton news: India's 21-year-old Ayush Shetty goes down in the third round against 36-year-old Chen Tien of Chinese Taipei 21-16, 21-19, 21-17. Earlier, India's Lakshya Sen also bowled out in the second round.

GOLD medal for India in men's kabaddi. After the Indian women's kabaddi team clinched gold, their male colleagues repeated the same feat, beating Iran 40-34 in the final at the Asian games. This is India's record ninth kabaddi gold medal at the Asian Games in men's category.

The second half is underway in the men's kabaddi final. Having started the second hal with a slender lead of 23-21, India have created a massive gap with a 34-27 lead against Iran.

The first half of the men's kabaddi final between India and Iran has ended, and India are behind by just one point, with the scores reading 18-17 in favour of Iran.

This promises to be a thrilling affair as India look to replicate what the women's team did earlier today: Win gold

The India men's kabaddi team will be hoping to repeat the heroics of the women's team from earlier today when they face Iran in the final. The match has begun and India are leading 5-4 in the first half.

We are into the final minutes of India's men's hockey match against Japan. Harmanpreet Singh finds the back of the net this time around as India take a 2-0 lead over the hosts.

The women's doubles badminton pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand have clinched a 24-22, 21-19 win over Japan's Mayu Matsumoto and Yuki Fukushima to reach the third round in Nagoya.

India have taken a 1-0 lead in their men's Pool A hockey match against Japan, with Abhishek finding the back of the net just before the end of the first quarter.

The Harmanpreet Singh-led India men's hockey team will soon be in action in their fourth Pool A fixture against Japan. The match will begin at 1.30 PM IST.

India are coming on the back of dominant wins over Indonesia (13-1), Sri Lanka (16-1) and South Korea (8-2).

The women's doubles pair of Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand are in action in their badminton second round match against Japan's Mayu Matsumoto and Yuki Fukushima , with the score reading 24-22.

PV Sindhu has qualified for the third round of the women's singles competition following a 21-19, 21-14 win over Chinese Taipei's Chiu Pin-chian.

PV Sindhu is in action in the women's singles second round match against Chinese Taipei's Chiu Pin-chian. Sindhu won the first game 21-19 and is currently leading the second game 11-8.

India's Abhay Singh has qualified for the final of the men's singles squash competition with a win over Pakistan's Muhammad Irfan.

Abhay Singh registers a 11-3, 12-10, 11-6 win over the Pakistani.

Anahat Singh has qualified for the women's singles final in squash after a thrilling win over Satomi Watanabe of Japan. The teenager beats the Japanese with a 9-11, 11-13, 12-10, 11-6, 11-3 scoreline

Teenage squash star Anahat Singh is currently in action in her women's singles semifinal against Satomi Watanabe. The match is evenly poised with both the players having won two games each, and has gone into a deciding fifth and final game.