Aman Sehrawat won the men’s freestyle 57kg gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 3, beating North Korea’s Han Chong Song 11-7 to become the first Indian wrestler to win Asian Games gold in the category.
India beat Pakistan by 19 runs in the Asian Games 2026 men’s T20 cricket final on October 3 to win a second successive gold, posting 211/6 before Pakistan finished on 192/6 despite Hasan Nawaz’s 96.
Pranavi Urs won the women’s individual golf gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 3, finishing 15-under 265 to become the first Indian woman to win an Asian Games golf gold and end a 24-year wait for India.
Lovlina Borgohain won the women’s 75kg boxing gold at the Asian Games 2026 on October 2, beating China’s Bao Ziyi 5-0 on her 29th birthday and becoming only the second Indian woman after Mary Kom to win Asian Games boxing gold.
India Women won their first Asian Games cricket gold on September 22, thrashing Sri Lanka by 147 runs in the final, with Smriti Mandhana becoming the first woman cricketer to reach 11,000 international runs during the innings.