Asian Games 2026 September 26 Live Updates: India Clinch Third Gold as Women’s Kabaddi Team Win Final

Another fine start to the day for India at the Asian Games 2026 on Saturday, September 26, as Indian athletes grabbed a couple of medals in the early action. The major highlight came in Kabbadi where Indian Womenand Men team win gold. 

Several important events are lined up for India today, including gold medal events in athletics. With more medal opportunities awaiting Indian athletes, the country will look to add more top-podium finishes to its tally.

In this article, we will go through all the live updates, medal winners, results and major developments from India's action on September 26 at the Asian Games 2026.

Asian Games 2026: All the Live Updates from September 26

The day started with Sawan Barwal winning the silver medal in the Men's Marathon Final. Barwal clocked 2:11:37, setting a new national record, while Japan's Ichitaka Yamashita won the gold medal with a timing of 2:10:49. 

Another silver medal came in shooting, where Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod and Ashi Chouksey combined for a score of 1763 points to finish second in the Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions Team Final.

India then added another medal in squash. The Indian mixed doubles pair of Joshna Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar lost to Hong Kong, China to win bronze, The Indian pair lost the closely fought match 10-11, 11-2, 10-11.

The recent addition is Gold medal in womens kabbadi final where India women beaten Iran by 37-34. 

With several important events still scheduled, India will look to add more medals as the action continues in Aichi-Nagoya.

Medals Won 

Medals Assured 

Other Completed Results

Fencing

• India women beat Indonesia in the Women's Foil Team Table of 16.

India men beat the Philippines in the Men's Sabre Team Table of 16.

India women lost to Japan in the Women's Foil Team Quarterfinal.

India men lost to Republic of Korea in the Men's Sabre Team Quarterfinal.

Badminton

• Lakshya Sen lost to Loh Kean Yew in the Men's Singles Round 2.

• Unnati Hooda beat Wong Ling Ching in the Women's Singles Round 2.

• Ayush Shetty beat Makhsut Tajibullayev in the Men's Singles Round 2.

• PV Sindhu beat Chiu Pin-chian in the Women's Singles Round 2.

• Ayush Shetty lost to Chou Tien-Chen in the Men's Singles Round 3.

• Unnati Hooda beat Putri Kusuma Wardani in the Women's Singles Round 3.

• Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand beat Mayu Matsumoto and Yuki Fukushima in the Women's Doubles Round 2.

Table Tennis

• Yashaswini Ghorpade lost to Miwa Harimoto in the Women's Singles Round 3.

• Manush Shah lost to Lin Shidong in the Men's Singles Round 3.

Esports

• Paritosh lost to Kang Dongshin in the Puyo Puyo Champions Quarterfinal.

• India lost to Japan in the Pokémon UNITE Group C match.

• India lost to Hong Kong, China in the Pokémon UNITE Group Stage Last Selection.

Canoe Sprint

• Harshwardhan Singh Shaktawat qualified for the Men's Kayak Single 500m Semifinal and competed in the final.

• Parvathy Geetha and Prasanna Kumar Chempadiyil Sathyaprakash qualified for the Mixed Kayak Double 500m Semifinal and competed in the final.

Boxing

• Jadumani Singh lost to Carlo Paalam of the Philippines in the Men's 55kg Round of 16.

• Kapil Pokhariya beat Sam Estaki of Iran in the Men's 90kg Round of 16 and advanced to the quarterfinal.

• Priya beat Oh Yeonji in the Women's 60kg Round of 16.

Athletics

• Animesh Kujur qualified for the Men's 200m Semifinal.

• Tejaswin Shankar and Thowfeeq Noushad competed in the Men's Decathlon events.

• Shaili Singh and Ancy Sojan Edappilly competed in the Women's Long Jump qualification.

• Nandhini Kongan qualified for the Women's 100m Hurdles Semifinal.

• Harita Bhadra and Unnathi Aiyappa Bolland qualified for the Women's 200m Final.

• Vishal TK finished fifth in the Men's 400m Final.

• Karthik Unnikrishnan finished sixth in the Men's Triple Jump Final, while Praveen Chithravel was ruled out due to injury.

• Parul Chaudhary and Pooja finished fourth and sixth, respectively, in the Women's 1500m Final.

• Jyothi Yarraji did not start in the Women's 100m Hurdles heats.

Archery

• India competed in the Compound Women's Team Qualification.

• India competed in the Recurve Men's Team Qualification.

• Neeraj Chauhan and Dhiraj Bommadevara featured in the Recurve Men's Individual Qualification.

• Chikitha Taniparthi and Prithika Pradeep competed in the Compound Women's Individual Qualification.

• India competed in the Recurve Women's Team Qualification.

• Ankita Bhakat and Kirti featured in the Recurve Women's Individual Qualification.

• Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara competed in the Recurve Mixed Team Qualification.

• India competed in the Compound Men's Team Qualification.

• Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Rajesh Jadhav competed in the Compound Mixed Team Qualification.

• Kushal Dalal and Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru featured in the Compound Men's Individual Qualification.

Hockey

• India men's team beat Japan in the Men's Pool A match and advanced to the semifinals.

Squash

• Anahat Singh beat Satomi Watanabe of Japan 3-2 in the Women's Singles Semifinal and advanced to the gold medal match.

• Abhay Singh beat Muhammad Irfan of Pakistan 3-0 in the Men's Singles Semifinal and advanced to the gold medal match.

Equestrian

• Gaurav Pundir and Shruti Vora competed in the Dressage Second Individual Qualifier.

Sailing

• Shraddha Verma and Ravindra Kumar Sharma competed in the Opening Series.

Surfing

• Sivaraj Babu was scheduled to face Davoud Khadir in the Men's Shortboard Round 2.

• Kamali Prakash's Women's Shortboard Round 2 contest was postponed.

• Sugar Shanti Gayen's Women's Shortboard Round 2 contest was postponed.

India’s Updated Medal Tally in Asian Games 2026

As of now, India have a total of 30 medals at the Asian Games 2026, including 4 gold, 12 silver and 14 bronze medals.