Badminton star Lakshya Sen knocked out as Indian athletes chase more medals on Day 8

UPDATE - follow-up to Asian Games 2026 Live, Day 8: Sawan Barwal wins India's 1st Asian Games marathon medal since 1982: Badminton player Lakshya Sen has exited the men's singles event at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games following a second-round defeat against Singapore's Loh Kean Yew. Lakshya lost the match after a battle lasting one hour and 15 minutes, where the opponent took the first game 21-12 before the Indian player levelled by winning the second game 21-15, but ultimately lost the deciding game 14-21. Meanwhile, Indian athletes are in contention across multiple events on Day 8. Tajinderpal Singh and Karanveer Singh are competing in the men's shot put final, while Praveen Chitravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan are aiming for podium finishes in the triple jump event. In the 400m events, Prachi and Kiran are in the women's final, and Vishal TK is in the men's final. Pooja and Parul Chaudhary are set for the women's 1500m final, and both the men's and women's kabaddi teams are scheduled to face Iran in their respective gold medal matches. Additionally, in shooting, Ashi Chouksey, Tilottama Sen, and Vidarsa Vinod are taking part in the women's 50m rifle 3P individual qualification and team final events. In the men's decathlon long jump, Tejaswin Shankar leads the field with a jump of 7.53m after clocking 10.98s in the 100m, while Thowfeeq recorded 7.37m to stand joint fourth.