Asian Games 2026 Full India Results Day 7: Shooting gold, historic pole vault medal, but Satwik-Chirag disappoint | Hindustan Times

The seventh day at the 2026 Asian Games was a good day for the Indians, with the contingent adding to its medal tally across table tennis, athletics, squash and shooting. Manush Shah and Divya Chitale secured a medal after reaching the semifinal of the mixed team event, keeping India’s strong run in the sport going. Baranica Elangovan also achieved a historic bronze, becoming the first-ever Indian athlete to win a pole vault medal at the Asian Games. The biggest moment, however, came in shooting, where India finally ended the wait for its second gold medal of the Games. Kamaljeet and Suruchi delivered under pressure in the 10m Air Pistol Mixed Team event, holding their nerve to finish on top and give India an early gold on Day 7.Later in the day, Manpreet Kaur got the fourth medal of the day as she won bronze in women's shot put. Friday got better as the day went on, as Gulveer Singh finished second to win silver in men's 10,000m.However, there was one major shock also in store as Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty bowed out in the first round after suffering a defeat against Thailand's Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Peeratchai Sukphun.Here's the full list of results for India on Day 7 at the Asian Games: ShootingKamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh finished first in the 10m air pistol mixed team qualification, putting India in a strong position. They went on to win the GOLD.APS Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil, Niraj Kumar in men's 50m rifle 3 positions win Silver in the team event.BoxingSachin (60kg) won by 4-1 against Mohammad Adnan Abu Jajeh (JOR) in the Round of 16 at the Asian Games 2026Preeti (54kg) lost 0-5 to PANG Chol Mi (PRK), a Paris Olympics bronze medallist, in the Round of 16 at the Asian Games 2026.Table TennisDiya Chitale and Manush Shah beat Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting and Doo Hoi Kem in the mixed doubles quarterfinals to confirm a medal for India.Manush Shah got the job done against Iran’s Benyamin Faraji sealed a convincing 4-0 win. He took the opening game 11-9 before taking control of the contest, winning the next three 11-6, 11-6, 11-5.Sreeja Akula and Syndrela Das lost 0-3 to Man Kuai and Wang Manyu, going down 6-11, 7-11, 7-11 to bow out of women's doubles.Yashaswini Ghorpade and Diya Chitale lost 0-3 to China’s Yi Chen and Shuhan Fan. The Indian pair went down 7-11, 5-11, 8-11Harmeet Desai and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran put up a fight but could not get past Japan’s Sora Matsushima and Shunsuke Togami, losing in straight games 5-11, 9-11, 9-11.Manush Shah-Diya Chitale lost 8-11, 5-11, 8-11, 2-11 to Wang Chuqin-Sun Yingsha (China) in mixed doubles semifinal - BRONZE Medal for India Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to China’s Lin Shidong and Kuai Man in the mixed doubles quarterfinals.SquashJoshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar beat the Philippines’ David Pelino and Jemyca Aribado in the mixed doubles quarterfinals to assure India of a medal.Anahat Singh outclassed Tanvi Khanna 3-0 in women's singles quarterfinals, into semifinal.Abhay Singh outplayed Japan's Ryunosuke Tsukue 3-0 in the men's singles quarterfinals, into semifinalsVeer Chotrani suffered a defeat against 1-3 to Muhammad Irfan of Pakistan in the men's singles quarterfinal.BadmintonDhruv Kapila and Tanisha Crasto beat Maldives’ Aminath Abdul Razzaq and Nibal Ahmed in the mixed doubles first round.Unnati Hooda made a winning start in women’s singles, beating North Korea’s Yu Mi Song 21-9, 21-10 in the first round.Satwik-Chirag suffered a first-round shock defeat to Thailand’s Pakkapon Teeraratsakul and Peeratchai Sukphun, and crashed out of the Asian Games.Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila pulled off a solid straight-game win over Malaysia’s Soon Huat Goh and Jemie Shevon Lai and clinched it 22-20, 24-22.Unnati Hooda beat Yu Mi Song of North Korea in the women's singles first round match.Treesa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand beat Tsang Hiu Yan-Lui Lok Lok in the women's doubles first round match.WeightliftingNirupama Devi finishes seventh in women's 61kg.Canoe SprintProhit Baroi and Prasanna Kumar finished fifth in semifinal 1 of the men’s kayak double 500m event and will compete in Final B.KabaddiIndia beat Nepal 48-24 in the women's kabaddi semifinal, assured silver as they reached the final.In the men's match, India were in complete control from start to finish, building a commanding 66-27 win as Thailand struggled to keep pace.FencingAditya, Hemash Singh, Tejas Patil and Sachin lost to Hong Kong in the men’s team foil round of 16.HockeyIndia registered a 3- 1 win over Japan in the women's Pool B match.Canoe SprintMegha Pradeep and Neha Leichonbam finished fourth in semifinal 1 of the women’s canoe double 500m event and were eliminated.SwimmingRishabh Das finished fourth and Utkarsh Patil ninth overall in the men’s 200m backstroke heats, with both progressing to the final.Dhanush Suresh finished seventh in his heat and 21st overall in the men’s 50m breaststroke, missing out on a place in the final.Aneesh Sunil finished 17th and Dhakshan Shashikumar 18th in the men’s 400m freestyle heats, ending their campaign in the event.Sajan Prakash ended third in men's 200m butterfly heat 3 and qualified for the final.Rishabh Das finished 6th and Utkarsh Patil 7th in the men's 200m backstroke finalSajan Prakash finishes 7th in the men's 200m butterfly final.AthleticsAnamika Aneesh finished sixth and Pooja tenth in the women’s heptathlon long jump. They remain seventh and ninth, respectively, in the overall standings.Kiran finished second in the women's 400m heats and qualified for the final.Damneet Singh and Praveen Kumar finished ninth and 11th, respectively, in the men's hammer throw.Vishal TK finished first in the men's 400m heats and qualified for the final.Gurindervir Singh finished fifth in the men's 100m semifinals, out of the final.Animesh Kujur finished seventh in the men's 100m semifinals, out of the final.Manpreet Kaur wins bronze in women's shot put.Gulveer Singh wins silver in men's 10,000m.Baranica Elangovan wins bronze in women's pole vault.FencingAnupriya, Mitva Chaudhari, Tanishka Khatri and Yashkeerat Kaur lost to Uzbekistan in the women’s epee team round of 16.