India’s Asian Games 2026 medal tally rose to six after Day 2, with four silvers and two bronzes.
Three of the medals came in shooting: a team silver and an individual silver and bronze in the men’s 10m air rifle.
Himanshu Dhillon, Rudrankksh Patil and Parth Mane won the team silver, with Dhillon and Patil adding individual medals.
Suchika Tariyal won bronze in mixed martial arts, India’s first medal in the sport at the Asian Games.
India was placed 12th in the medal standings at that point.
India’s Asian Games 2026 medal tally stood at six after two days of competition: four silvers and two bronzes.
India was placed 12th in the medal standings at that point in the Games.
Four medals were added on Day 2 (September 21): three in shooting and one in mixed martial arts.
Himanshu Dhillon, Rudrankksh Patil and Parth Mane combined to win silver in the men’s 10m air rifle team event.
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.
Medal podium (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, public domain
