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India retained the gold medals in mens cricket and hockey today. With their womens cricket and hockey teams achieving similar success earlier, India clinched double gold in both the sports disciplines.
Indian mens cricket team beat Pakistan in the final by 19 runs at Korogi Sports Park in Nisshin, while Indian mens hockey side prevailed over Malaysia 5-1 in the summit clash at Gifu Prefectural Green Stadium in Kakamigahara and qualified for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Indian womens rugby team, featuring four players from Odisha, finished sixth with two wins and three defeats. India lost to Hong Kong China 7-33 China 5-43, Kazakhstan 0-2 and beat Malaysia 26-5, Singapore 22-5. The four Odisha players were: Dumuni Marndi, Mama Naik, Nirmalya Rout and Sandhyarani Tudu.
Meanwhile, Animesh Kujur became the first athlete from Odisha to win a medal for India on September 29. Kujur, the outsourced sprinter from Chhattisgarh, was a member of the Indian mixed 4x100m relay team that won the bronze medal with a National record timing of 41.06 seconds.
Kujur also represented India in two individual events, but failed to win any medal. He finished fifth in mens 200m (20.80s) final and seventh in mens 100m semifinals (10.38s). In athletics, 35-year-old Odisha Olympian Srabani Nanda was a member of the Indian woman 4x100 relay team, but did not get a chance to run.
In esports, Indian Pokemon Unite team, featuring Rudra Narayan Nayak from Odisha, lost its three matches to South Korea 0-2, Japan 0-2 and Hong Kong 1-2 to finish ninth. Indian e-football team, featuring Chinma Sahoo from Odisha, also finished ninth on Sept 22. Odisha cyclist Swasti Singh was part of the Indian womens pursuit team, which bowed out in the first round, clocking 4:46.950 in Heat-1.
India fielded a 768-member contingent, featuring 501 athletes and 246 support staff and 19 contingent staff. India competed in 36 sports disciplines. According to the Sports Authority of India (SAI), 11 athletes from Odisha, including seven women, represented India in this Games.
INDIAN MEDAL WINNERS:
Gold: Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Smriti Mandhana (vc), Shafali Verma, Arundhati Reddy, Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Gunalan Kamalini (wk), Bharti Fulmali, Kranti Gaud, Nandani Sharma, Pratika Rawal, Radha Yadav, Renuka Singh Thakur, Shree Charani, Shreyanka Patil (Womens cricket) 22 September.
Gold: Kamaljee & Suruchi Inder Singh (Shooting, 10m air pistol mixed team) 25 September.
Gold: Pushpa Rana, Bhavna Thakur, Jyoti Thakur, Manisha Kumari, Nikita Kumari, Pinki Roy, Pooja Hathwala, Raj Rani, Ritu Negi, Ritu Sheoran, Sanju Devi, Sonali Shingate (Kabaddi, womens team) 26 September.
Gold: Sunil Kumar, Ankit Jaglan, Arjun Deshwal, Ashu Malik, Aslam Inamdar, Ayan Lohchab, Devank Dalal, Gaurav Khatri, Jaideep Dahiya, Pawan Sehrawat, Rahul Sethpal, Sumit Sangwan (Kabaddi, mens team) 26 September.
Gold: Neeru Dhanda (Shooting, womens trap) 29 September.
Gold: Kiran Pahal, Poovamma MR, Prachi Choudhary, Vithya Ramraj (Athletics, womens 4x400m relay) 29 September.
Gold: Chikitha Taniparthi, Prithika Pradeep, Jyothi Surekha Vennam (Archery, womens compound team) 30 September.
Gold: Chikitha Taniparthi, Sahil Jadhav (Archery, mixed compound team) 30 September.
Gold: Kushal Dalal, Sahil Jadhav, Thirumuru Ganesh Maniratnam (Archery, mens compound team) 30 September.
Gold: Kynan Chenai, Neeru Dhanda (Shooting, mixed trap team) 30 September.
Gold: Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Mohod, Kirti Sharma (Archery, womens recurve team) 2 October.
Gold: Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing, womens 75kg) 2 October.
Gold: Parveen Hooda (Boxing, womens 65kg) 2 October.
Gold: Sujeet Kalkal (Wrestling, mens freestyle 65kg) 2 October.
Gold: Ankush Panghal (Boxing, mens 80kg) 2 October.
Gold: Salima Tete, Lalremsiami Hmarzote, Navneet Kaur, Deepika Sehrawat, Ishika Chaudhary, Baljeet Kaur, Beauty Dungdung, Nikki Pradhan, Sakshi Rana, Sunelita Toppo, Neha Goyal, Ishika, Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam, Lalthantluangi, Jyoti Rumawat, Shilpi Dabas, Savita Punia, Bichu Devi Kharibam, Deepika Soreng, Rutuja Dadaso Pisal (Hockey, womens team) 2 October.
Gold: Kumkum Mohod (Archery, womens individual recurve) 3 October.
Gold: Pranavi Urs (Gof, womens invididual) 3 October.
Gold: Shreyas Iyer, Tilak Varma, Ravi Bishnoi, Jasprit Bumrah, Shivam Dube, Ishan Kishan, Vipraj Nigam, Axar Patel, Sanju Samson, Abhishek Sharma, Arshdeep Singh, Washington Sundar, Vaibhav Sooryavanshi, Yash Thakur (Cricket, mens team) 3 October.
Gold: Aman Sehrawat (Wrestling, mens freestyle 57kg) 3 October.
Gold: Mohith HS, Suraj Karkera, Jarmanpreet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh, Amit Rohidas, Jugraj Singh, Sanjay Rana, Sumit Kumar, Yashdeep Siwach, Rajinder Singh, Raj Kumar Pal, Hardik Singh, Manpreet Singh, Nilakanta Sharma, Vivek Sagar Prasad, Dilpreet Singh, Shilanand Lakra, Sukhjeet Singh, Mandeep Singh, Abhishek Nain (Hockey, mens team) 3 October.
Silver: Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod (Shooting, womens 10m air rifle team) 20 September.
Silver: Elavenil Valarivan (Shooting, womens 10m air rifle) 20 September.
Silver: Himanshu Dhillon, Parth Mane, Rudrankksh Patil (Shooting, mens 10m air rifle team) 21 September.
Silver: Himanshu Dhillon (Shooting, mens 10m air rifle) 21 September.
Silver: Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting, womens 49kg) 23 September.
Silver: Naorem Roshibina Devi (Wushu, womens sanda 60kg) 24 September.
Silver: Manu TS, Poovamma MR, Vishal TK & Vithya Ramraj (Athletics, mixed 4x400m relay) 24 September.
Silver: Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Balasaheb Patil & Neeraj Kumar (Shooting, mens 50m rifle 3 positions team) 25 September.
Silver: Gulveer Singh (Athletics, mens 10,000m run) 25 September.
Silver: Sawan Barwal (Athletics, mens marathon) 26 September.
Silver: Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod (Shooting, womens 50m rifle three positions) 26 September.
Silver: Tajinderpal Singh Toor (Athletics, mens shot put) 26 September.
Silver: Abhay Singh (Squash, mens singles) 27 September.
Silver: Anahat Singh (Squash, womens singles) 27 September.
Silver: Ancy Sojan (Athletics, womens long jump) 27 September.
Silver: Sarvesh Kushare (Athletics, mens high jump) 27 September.
Silver: Esha Singh (Shooting, womens 25m pistol) 28 September.
Silver: Gulveer Singh (Athletics, mens 1500m run) 28 September.
Silver: Murali Sreeshankar (Athletics, mens long jump) 28 September.
Silver: Yashvir Singh (Athletics, mens javelin throw) 28 September.
Silver: Ashima Ahlawat, Neeru Dhanda, Manisha Keer (Shooting, womens trap team) 29 September.
Silver: Manu Francis, Prince Noble (Sailing, mens skiff) 1 October.
Silver: Nitesh Siwatch (Wrestling, mens Greco-Roman 97kg) 1 October.
Silver: Kumkum Mohod, Dhiraj Bommadevara (Archery, mixed recurve team) 2 October.
Silver: Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Bhoge, Neeraj Chauhan (Archery, mens recurve team) 2 October.
Silver: Pranavi Urs, Diksha Dagar, Aditi Ashok (Gof, womens team) 3 October.
Silver: Antim Panghal (Wrestling, womens freestyle 53kg) 3 October.
Bronze: Rudrankksh Patil (Shooting, mens 10m air rifle) 21 September.
Bronze: Suchika Tariyal (Mixed martial art, womens 60kg) 21 September.
Bronze: Maheshwari Chauhan, Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal (Shooting, womens skeet team) 23 September.
Bronze: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Bhavtegh Singh Gill, Mairaj Ahmed Khan (Shooting, mens skeet team) 23 September.
Bronze: Jay Meena (Soft tennis, mens singles) 23. September.
Bronze: Arjun MR, Lakshya Sen, Ayush Shetty, Prannoy HS, Chirag Shetty, Swastiksairaj Rankireddy, Dhruv Kapila, Hariharan Amsakarunan, Srikanth Kidambi, Tharun Manepalli (Badminton, mens team) 23 September.
Bronze: Satnam Singh, Salman Khan (Rowing, mens double scull) 24 September.
Bronze: Anantjeet Singh Naruka, Parinaaz Dhaliwal (Shooting, Mixed skeet team) 24 September.
Bronze: Seema Kumari (Athletics, womens 10000m run) 24 September.
Bronze: Diya Chitale & Manush Shah (Table tennis, mixed doubles) 25 September.
Bronze: Manpreet Kaur (Athletics, womens shot put) 25 September.
Bronze: Baranica Elangovan (Athletics, womens pole vault) 25 September.
Bronze: Velavan Senthilkumar & Joshna Chinappa (Squash, mixed doubles) 26 September.
Bronze: Prachi Choudhary (Athletics, womens 400m run) 26 September.
Bronze: Harita Bhadra (Athletics, womens 200m run) 27 September.
Bronze: Tejaswin Shankar (Athletics, mens decathlon) 27 September.
Bronze: Parul Choudhary (Athletics, womens 3000m steeplechase) 27 September.
Bronze: Pincky Balhara (Kurash, womens 78kg) 28 September.
Bronze: Vithya Ramraj (Athletics, womens 400m hurdles) 28 September.
Bronze: Parul Choudhary (Athletics, womens 5000m run) 28 September.
Bronze: Rohit Yadav (Athletics, mens javelin throw) 28 September.
Bronze: Narender Berwal (Boxing, mens +90kg) 29 September.
Bronze: Gulveer Singh (Athletics, mens 5000m run) 29 September.
Bronze: Gurinderveer Singh, Sneha SS, Animesh Kujur, Harita Bhadra (Athletics, mixed 4x100m relay) 29 September.
Bronze: Pooja Singh (Athletics, womens high jump) 29 September.
Bronze: Vishal TK, Manu TS, Dharmveer Choudhary, Jay Kumar, Rajesh Ramesh (Athletics, mens 4x400m relay) 29 September.
Bronze: Priya Ghanghas (Boxing, womens 60kg) 30 September.
Bronze: Kapil Pokhariya (Boxing, mens 90kg) 30 September.
Bronze: Sunil Kumar (Wrestling, mens Greco-Roman 87kg) 30 September.
Bronze: Anahat Singh, Joshna Chinappa, Tanvi Khanna, Shameena Riaz (Squash, womens team) 1 October.
Bronze: Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru (Archery, mens individual compound) 1 October.
Bronze: Abhay Singh, Velavan Senthilkumar, Veer Chotrani, Suraj Kumar Chand (Squash, mens team) 1 October.
Bronze: Nethra Kumanan (Sailing, womens dinghy) 2 October.
Bronze: Arun Raju, Bobby Kumar, Amarjit Singha, Malemnganba Singh Sorokhaibam, Lokhon Singh Elangbam, Akash Yumnam (Sepak takraw, mens quadrant) 2 October.
Bronze: Neeraj Chauhan (Archery, mens individual recurve) 3 October.
Bronze: Deepak Punia (Wrestling, mens freestyle 97kg) 3 October.
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TOP: Players of the Indian mens cricket team pose with their gold medals at the 20th Asian Games in Nisshin on 3 October 2026.
RIGHT: Players of the Indian womens hockey team pose with their gold medals at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya on 2 October 2026.
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