Indian Athletes Win Multiple Medals and Advance in Squash, Boxing, and Archery at Asian Games

Indian athletes secured crucial silver medals and advanced across multiple disciplines on Day 8 of the Asian Games 2026. In squash, Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh both claimed silver medals after finishing as runners-up in their respective singles finals. Abhay Singh lost the men's gold medal match, while Anahat Singh dropped her women's title clash. In the boxing ring, Indian pugilists delivered mixed results in quarterfinal action. Ankush advanced by defeating Nekruz Salimov, and Parveen moved forward with a win over Navbakhor Khamidova. However, Sachin Siwach exited the tournament after losing his quarterfinal bout. Athletics events brought several qualification updates. Sreeshankar Murali and David Solomon booked their places in the men's long jump final, while Vithya Ramraj and Anu Raghavan advanced from the women's 400m hurdles heats. In the multi-event decathlon, Tejaswin Shankar completed several disciplines, recording a time of 14.33 seconds in the 110m hurdles, 36.77 metres in the discus throw, and 4.30 metres in the pole vault. Meanwhile, Santhosh Kumar Tamilarasan finished fourth in his 400m hurdles heat, and Yashas Palaksha did not finish. Archery teams enjoyed a dominant run by sweeping past multiple opponents in both round of 16 and quarterfinal matches. The compound men's, compound women's, recurve mixed, compound mixed, recurve women's, and recurve men's teams all advanced past their respective rivals. In volleyball, the men's team secured a straight-sets 3-0 victory over Vietnam in their Pool C match. Shooting events saw women's trap qualifying complete its first day, with Neeru standing first, Aashima Ahlawat in 16th, and Manisha Keer in 24th place. In the men's trap qualifying standings, Kynan Chenai sits 11th, Shapath Bharadwaj is 22nd, and Ahvar Rizvi is 35th. Badminton matches concluded with quarterfinal exits for Indian entries. Gayatri Gopichand and Treesa Jolly fell in the women's doubles, Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila bowed out in the mixed doubles, and Unnati Hooda lost her women's singles quarterfinal.