Asian Games 2026 LIVE Updates, Day 7, India in Action: PV Sindhu’s Round 3 match in Asian Games women’s singles will start soon. India have been boosted by strong performances in kabaddi, squash, and athletics today. The country’s medal tally currently stands at 30 medals: four gold, 12 silver, and 14 bronze. In badminton, young shuttler Ayush Shetty bowed out of the men’s singles event after losing in the third round at the Asian Games 2026. The packed badminton schedule has come under scrutiny at the ongoing Games, with several players, including Indian veteran HS Prannoy, criticizing the quick turnaround between matches. In squash, Anahat Singh and Abhay Singh entered the finals of the women’s and men’s singles events, respectively. In kabaddi, both the men’s and women’s teams defended their gold medals. Earlier, the day began with Sawan Barwal winning a historic silver medal in the men’s marathon. (Medals Tally)
India’s results so far on Day 7:
Athletics – Sawan Barwal won silver in men’s marathon with national record time of 2:11:37.
Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad were fifth (865) and seventh (856) after the men’s decathlon 100m heat event.
Canoe Sprint – Harshwardhan Shaktawat finished fifth in men’s kayak single 500m semifinal, into Final B.
Fencing – India beat Indonesia 45 – 24 in women’s foil team round of 16, into quarterfinal.
Canoe Sprint – Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar finished second in mixed kayak double 500m semifinal, into Final A.
Table Tennis – Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Miwa Harimoto of Japan in women’s singles round 3.
Athletics – Tejaswin Shankar finished first (7.53m) and Thowfeeq Noushad third (7.37m) in men’s decathlon long jump. Tejaswin is second (1807 pts) and Thowfeeq fourth (1759 pts) in the overall standings.
Badminton – Lakshya Sen lost to Loh Kean Yew of Singapore 12-21, 21-15, 14-21 in men’s singles second round match.
Fencing- India beat Philippines 45-27 in men’s sabre team round of 16, into quarterfinal.
Shooting: Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod and Ashi Chouksey won silver in the Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team event.
Athletics – Animesh Kujur qualified for men’s 200m semi-final.
Fencing- India lost to South Korea 45-25 in men’s sabre team quarterfinal.
Fencing- India lost to South Korea 45-15 in women’s foil team quarterfinal.
Squash – Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar win bronze in mixed doubles.
Shooting: Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod finished 4th and 5th in Women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions individual final
Kabaddi: India win gold medal after beating Iran in women’s final.
Badminton: Ayush Shetty beat Kazakhstan’s Makhsut Tajibullayev (21-7, 21-7) to enter third round.
Boxing: Kapil Pokhariya enters men’s 90kg quarterfinals after beating Iran’s Sam Estaki.
Squash: Anahat Singh assured of silver after entering women’s singles final.
Squash: Abhay Singh assured of silver after entering women’s singles final.
Badminton: PV Sindhu beats Chinese Taipei’s Pin Chian Chiu to enter third round.
Badminton: Unnati Hooda beats Putri Kusuma Wardani to enter quarterfinals.
Badminton: Tressa Jolly-Gayatri Gopichand Pullela through to the third round after beating Mayu Matsumoto and Yuki Fukushima (Japan).
Badminton: Ayush Shetty loses to Chou Tien Chen’s in men’s singles third round.
Equestrian: Hriday Chheda and Jai Sud qualify for Dressage Individual Final.