Asian Games 2026 Day 5: Mirabai Chanu's historic silver highlights India's medal rush

Meanwhile, preparations are underway at Weightlifting Warriors, the academy in Modinagar in Uttar Pradesh where Mirabai Chanu trains.

Mirabai Chanu next in the action.

Coach Vijay Sharma calls it the final frontier. Mirabai Chanu gives a resigned, wistful smile at its mention. No international competition, not even the Olympics and the World Championships, has teased and taunted India’s best weightlifter as much. Only six Indian women have set foot on the podium for a total of nine medals (4 silver, 5 bronze). There’s a reason Chanu refers to the Asian Games as her Holy Grail. (Read Full Story Here)

Manu Bhaker misses out on a medal after finishing fourth with 181.1 following 18 shots. She looks visibly dejected after a difficult final shot ended her hopes, having fought her way back into the top three earlier in the final before slipping out of medal contention.

Manu Bhaker is back in medal contention, climbing to third place with 171.5 points and level with Jiang Ranxin.

Manu Bhaker escapes the elimination scare with a crucial 10.8, moving back into the top five and keeping her medal hopes alive.

Manu Bhaker is currently fifth after 10 shots in the women’s 10m air pistol final at the Asian Games, with a score of 100.3. She is tied on score with Kazakhstan’s Valeriya Popelova. South Korea’s Choo Ga-eun leads with 101.6, followed by Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Yen-Ching (101.3) and China’s Jiang Ranxin and Shen Yiyao (101.1).

India are breaking new ground in newer sports at these Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games. After a creditable fourth-place finish by a couple of Indians in teqball, Jay Meena on Wednesday assured India of a first medal in soft tennis. It will be the country's first-ever medal in soft ball at the multi-sport continental event.

Shooting: Manu Bhaker starts strongly in the women's 10m air pistol final, sitting third after the first series with a score of 50.8.

Indian shooters brought home another medal from the ranges on Wednesday after the trio of Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal claimed the bronze in the women's skeet team event after shooting a total of 331 in qualification.

The women's 10m air pistol final is underway, with Manu Bhaker now in action as she bids to add a gold medal to India's Day 5 tally. After qualifying for the medal round with 579 points, Bhaker will be aiming to finish on top of the podium.

An earlier report from news agency PTI stating that India had assured a medal in men's Sepaktakraw was incorrect. India have not qualified for the next round after losing to Japan and Malaysia. The Indian team needed a 3-0 victory to keep their hopes of progressing alive, but that result did not come.

India have won the bronze medal in the women's skeet team event, with Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Maheshwari Chauhan combining for a total score of 331. China claimed the gold with 357 which is the Asian Games record but fell short of Asian record of 363, while Kazakhstan finished second with 336.

The Indian men's regu team confirms a sepaktakraw medal after reaching the semi-final, winning two of their first three matches against the Philippines in Group B. India had earlier won two team medals in spekatakraw at the Asiad - 2018 men's team and 2022 women's team - both won the bronze.

Jay Meena has secured a historic medal for India in men's singles soft tennis after edging past Sherwin Nuguit in a thrilling quarterfinal. The contest went right down to the wire, with the scores locked at 3-3 before Meena held his nerve in the deciding game to book his place in the semifinals.

Parvathy Geetha and Phairembam Soniya Devi have progressed to the women's kayak double 500m semifinals after clocking 2:02.538 in Heat A. The Indian duo finished at the back of their heat, 14.820 seconds behind the leaders, with the top three earning direct qualification for Final A.

Manush Shah and Diya Chitale have advanced in the mixed doubles after a straight-games victory over Sri Lanka's Chanul Kulappuwawadu and Bimandee Swarna. The Indian pair controlled the contest to win 11-8, 12-10, 11-4 and complete a 3-0 victory.

This has been complete domination from India in men's regu team Group B fixture against the Philippines. India won the second match 2-1 (15-9, 10-15, 15-8), and then are in the lead in the first set (5-4).

India narrowly miss out on a medal in the women's 10m air pistol team event, with Manu Bhaker, Esha Singh and Suruchi Singh finishing fourth. India and Vietnam both ended on 1719 points, but Vietnam took the bronze after registering 46 bullseyes compared to India's 44. It was a fine margin that separated the two teams at the end.

Manu Bhaker has qualified for the women's 10m air pistol final after finishing the qualification round with 579 points. She produced a strong second half, scoring 96, 96 and 98 in her final three series to secure her place in the medal round.

Manu Bhaker has finished her qualification with 579 points after a strong second half, posting scores of 96, 96 and 98 in her final three series to give herself a chance of making the final. Esha Singh also ended on a high after recovering with 97, 97 and 96 in her last three series, finishing with 572 points.

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Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade are locked level at 2-2 against Maldives' Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali. The Indian pair took the third game 11-7 to move ahead, but the Maldivian duo fought back to claim the fourth 11-9. It all comes down to the fifth and final game now.

Manu Bhaker has moved up the standings with a strong 98 in her third series, keeping India in the hunt as the qualification progresses. Suruchi Singh and Esha Singh, however, have more ground to make up after posting 94 and 93 respectively in their second series. Manu is currently sixth, while Esha and Suruchi remain outside the top 30.

The team of Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, and Arun Singh clocked 1:29.447 to finish third in Heat 1 of men's kayak four 500m, and that confirmed their place in the final.

Table tennis: India vs Maldives in mixed doubles Round 2 - Harmeet Desai and Yashaswini Ghorpade have hit back strongly after dropping the opening game 9-11 against Maldives' Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali. The Indian pair responded with an 11-6 win in the second game to level the contest at 1-1 in their Round 2 match.