Sawan Barwal and Karthik Karkera lead Indian medal charge in marathon on Day 8

UPDATE - follow-up to Asian Games 2026 Live, Day 8: Kabaddi teams chase gold, Marathoners, archers in action early: Indian runners Sawan Barwal and Karthik Karkera are competing in the men's marathon final in Nagoya. Sawan Barwal took charge to lead a pack of six runners after China's Feng slowed down near the half-marathon mark. Earlier, Feng made a break with compatriot Erenjia Jia, and Sawan Barwal chose to chase them down. Karthik Karkera held the second spot at the 15-kilometer mark with a split time of 47 minutes and 35 seconds, after being ranked eighth at 5 kilometers with 15 minutes and 29 seconds, and fifth at 10 kilometers with 31 minutes and 29 seconds. Meanwhile, Karthik Karkera struggled to keep pace at another point and was seen last in the pack. The runners have passed the Mirai Tower twice. In other events, Tajinderpal Singh and Karanveer Singh are in the shot put final, while Praveen Chitravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan compete in the triple jump. Prachi, Kiran, and Vishal TK are in the 400-meter finals, and Pooja and Parul Chaudhary compete in the women's 1500-meter final. The men's and women's kabaddi teams face Iran in their gold medal matches, while Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen, and Vidarsa Vinod take part in the 50-meter rifle 3P events. Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Sanjay Bhoge, and Neeraj Chauhan are shooting in the archery recurve men's team qualification round.