Asian Games Day 9: Indian Archers Reach Semis While Manu Bhaker Eyes 25m Pistol Glory

UPDATE - follow-up to Asian Games 2026, Day 9 Live Updates: Anahat Singh, Abhay Singh seek historic squash golds; Manu Bhaker back in action: India's compound archery teams have booked their places in the semi-finals at the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square. The men's team of Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru, Kushal Dalal and Sahil Jadhav defeated Bhutan 235-232 and also beat the UAE trio of Sultan Almenhali, Yousef Alhosani and Abdalla Almansoori with a 235-215 scoreline, following an earlier 1/8 elimination lead of 175-160. Meanwhile, the women's compound archery team featuring Jyothi Surekha Vennam, Prithika Pradeep and Taniparthi Chikitha defeated Kazakhstan 233-230 in the quarters and beat Mongolia 238-223, after building a 178-169 lead in the 1/8 elimination round. In shooting, double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker is currently in fifth place in the 25m Pistol Women event after three series in the precision round, competing alongside teammates Esha Singh and Rahi Sarnobat. In athletics, Manju Rani finished 6th in the women's marathon racewalk event after leading at the 3km mark and holding second spot at various intervals up to the 10km mark, while teammate Priyanka Goswami was disqualified. Surfer Sugar Shanti Gayen is also currently in action for India against Chinese Taipei opponent Chen Wan-yu.