Suruchi and Kamaljeet triumphed with an Asian-record score of 484.6 points, giving India its second gold of the Games after the women’s cricket team.
Manpreet Kaur, who finished fifth at the Hangzhou Asian Games, won a bronze medal in women’s shot put with a best throw of 17.17.
Gulveer Singh clinched the silver medal in the men’s 10,000m, he won a bronze medal at the Hangzhou edition.
Medal Tally:Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1.
Hong Kong, China 4 11 11 26 9.
India added two more shooting medals at the Asian Games, with Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet winning gold in the mixed 10m air pistol final and Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar claiming silver in the men’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event.
Suruchi and Kamaljeet triumphed with an Asian-record score of 484.6 points, giving India its second gold of the Games after the women’s cricket team. The Indian pair led from the early stages and held off a late South Korean challenge to win by 6.6 points. Iran took bronze with 415.8 points.
In the rifle event, India finished second with 1762-94x. Aishwary (589-34x) and Niraj (588-34x) also qualified for the individual final in third and fourth place, respectively.
Manpreet Kaur, who finished fifth at the Hangzhou Asian Games, won a bronze medal in women’s shot put with a best throw of 17.17.
Gulveer Singh clinched the silver medal in the men’s 10,000m, he won a bronze medal at the Hangzhou edition.
Baranica Elangovan made history by bagging the country’s first medal in the pole vault, clinching bronze on Friday.
Medal Tally:
Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. China 98 37 24 159 2. Japan 28 43 44 115 3. South Korea 13 17 34 64 4. Kazakhstan 8 8 14 30 5. Uzbekistan 7 15 9 31 6. Thailand 7 6 8 21 7. Iran 6 11 7 24 8. Hong Kong, China 4 11 11 26 9. DPR Korea 4 4 3 11 10. Bahrain 4 2 2 8 12. India 2 9 12 23
(Updated last at 7:00 pm on September 25, Friday)
Published on Sep 25, 2026
