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India’s Asian Games medal tally: Four silvers, two bronzes so far

India’s Asian Games 2026 medal tally rose to six after Day 2, with three shooting medals and a bronze in mixed martial arts adding to the two silvers won in the air rifle events on the opening day.

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India’s Asian Games medal tally after two days stands at four silvers and two bronzes.

Three shooting medals came on Day 2 in the men’s 10m air rifle event.

A fourth Day 2 medal came from Suchika Tariyal’s bronze in mixed martial arts.

Two silvers came on the opening day in the women’s 10m air rifle.

India was ranked 12th in the standings at that point.

Dhillon and Patil then added an individual silver and bronze respectively in the men’s 10m air rifle final.

Suchika Tariyal won bronze in the women’s traditional -60kg mixed martial arts division, India’s first Asian Games medal in the sport.

On the opening day, India’s women’s 10m air rifle team of Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod won silver behind China.

Elavenil Valarivan added an individual silver in the same event, becoming the first Indian woman to win that individual medal at the Asian Games.

The Games are being held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from September 19 to October 4, 2026.

India has also reached the cricket gold medal match and has been winning big in hockey, adding to the medal prospects.

Badminton, kabaddi, boxing and table tennis are among the other sports where Indian athletes have been in action.

The medal standings at this stage of a multi-sport Games can shift quickly as more finals are contested in the coming days.

China and Japan were among the countries ahead of India in the medal standings at that stage of the Games.

India’s shooting squad has performed strongly across recent multi-sport events, including the Asian Games and the Olympics.

More finals across multiple sports remain to be contested before the Games conclude on October 4.

Each medal added to the tally reflects a separate final, so the six medals came from four different results across two days.

Medal podium (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain

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