Indian Athletes In Action At Asian Games 2026, Day 6 Highlights: India won three athletics medals on Day 6 of Asian Games 2026 on Friday. Manpreet Kaur won bronze in the women’s shot put final, sealing the nation’s first athletics medal of the day with a best throw of 17.17m. Gulveer Singh clinched silver in the men’s 10,000m final, narrowly missing out on gold. Baranica Elangovan then won India’s first-ever pole vault medal at the Asian Games, securing bronze. The highly-anticipated men’s 100m semi-finals ended in disappointment, as both Gurindervir Singh and Animesh Kujur failed to qualify for the final. However, Kiran Pahal and Prachi Choudhary qualified for the women’s 400m final, while Vishal TK made it through to the men’s 400m final. (Asian Games 2026 Day 6 Updates)
Yesterday, Seema had delivered India’s first athletics medal of the Games, winning bronze in women’s 10,000m. The mixed 4x400m relay quartet of Manu TS, Poovamma MR, Vishal TK and Vithya Ramraj then clinched silver in their event.
