India at Asian Games 2026 LIVE Updates, Day 4: India’s fourth day at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya has already delivered a historic breakthrough alongside key medal chances across multiple sports. Soft tennis player Jay Meena created history by advancing to the men’s singles semi-finals, guaranteeing India its first-ever Asian Games medal in the discipline. Meanwhile, at the shooting range, Manu Bhaker secured her place in the women’s 10m air pistol individual final, despite India missing out on a team medal. The shooting contingent still added to the tally as the trio of Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon, and Parinaaz Dhaliwal clinched bronze in the women’s team skeet. The stage is set for further action as India takes on Iran in women’s kabaddi, Mirabai Chanu pursues her maiden Asiad medal in the 49kg weightlifting final, and the men’s badminton team battles China in the semi-finals. (Asian Games 2026 Medal Tally)
Results So Far:
Rowing: Balraj Panwar finishes third in his heat (fourth overall) to secure his place in the men’s single sculls final.
Rowing: Satnam Singh and Salman Khan finish second in their heat (fourth overall) in the men’s double sculls to qualify for the final.
Canoe Sprint: The team of Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, and Arun Singh place third in heat 1 of the men’s kayak four 500m to secure their spot in the final.
Canoe Sprint: Megha Pradeep finishes fifth in her heat (women’s C1 200m) to advance to the semi-finals.
Rowing: Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar place fourth in their men’s pair heat, moving to Final B.
Swimming: Aneesh Sunil (4th) and Vedaant Madhavan (6th) complete their men’s 200m freestyle heats; final standing for progression pending.
Rowing: Gurbani Kaur, Aleena Anto, Tendenthoi Haobijam, and Poonam finish 6th overall in women’s 4s Heats.
Shooting: The trio of Manu Bhaker, Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh finished 4th in women’s team 10m air pistol final, missed out on a medal.
Table Tennis: Manush Shah-Diya Chitale beat Chanul Kulappuwawadu-Bimandee Swarna of Sri Lanka 3-0 in minxed doubles round 2 match.
Table tennis: Indian duo of Harmeet Desai, Yashaswini Ghorpade beat Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali of Maldives in mixed doubles round 2 match.
Sepaktakraw: India beat Philippines 2-1 in men’s team regu Group B match.
