India Wins Six Asian Games Golds in Day of Hockey, Boxing and Archery Success
India won six gold medals on October 2 at the Asian Games, including landmark victories in women’s hockey and archery, a boxing hat-trick and a wrestling title. The country also collected two silver and two bronze medals, taking its overall tally to 76 and moving it into fifth place.
India won six gold medals at the Asian Games on October 2, with victories in hockey, boxing, wrestling and archery taking its overall medal tally to 76. The day’s haul included 16 gold, 25 silver and 35 bronze medals, moving India into fifth place behind China, Japan, South Korea and Uzbekistan, according to India Today. The women’s hockey team produced one of the day’s most significant results by defeating defending champions China 1-0 in the final.
Lalremsiami scored in the 10th minute, while goalkeeper Savita Punia made a crucial penalty-stroke save as India held its lead. The victory ended a 44-year wait for India’s second women’s hockey gold at the Asian Games. It also secured direct qualification for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
Indian boxers won three gold medals. Lovlina Borgohain defeated China’s Bao Ziyi in the women’s 75kg final on her 29th birthday, becoming only the second Indian woman after Mary Kom to win an Asian Games boxing gold. Parveen Hooda beat Chinese Taipei’s Chen Nien-chin 3-2 in the women’s 65kg final, while Ankush Panghal defeated South Korea’s Kim Minseong in the men’s 80kg category.
Archery supplied a historic title as Kumkum Mohod, Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma beat South Korea 5-3 in the women’s recurve team final. India also won silver in the mixed recurve team event and the men’s recurve team competition. Wrestler Sujeet Kalkal completed a late comeback to beat Tajikistan’s Abdulmazhid Kudiev 10-9 in the men’s freestyle 65kg final.
He had trailed 2-9 before scoring eight consecutive points, winning India’s first Asian Games wrestling gold since 2018. India added bronze medals through Nethra Kumanan in women’s dinghy sailing and the men’s quadrant team in sepaktakraw. There were also near misses, including fourth-place finishes for Vishnu Saravanan in sailing and a women’s wrestler who lost her bronze-medal bout.
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