Asian Games 2026 Highlights Day 8: Kabaddi teams seal double gold as India win 7 medals

India's campaign on Day 8 of the Asian Games 2026 was a highly successful one. They won a total of 7 medals, the highest in a single day of the event so far, including two golds. India will aim for more medals on Day 9. Check out the full schedule here.

PV Sindhu has trounced her Japanese opponent by a margin of 21-9, 21-14 in straight sets as she qualifies for the women's singles quarter-final. She will face China's Chen Yu Fei in the quarterfinals tomorrow.

PV Sindhu has started her Round of 16 match against Tomoka Miyazaki on a dominating note. Her experience proved too much for the 20-year-old Japanese shuttler, as she won the first game by a big margin of 21-9. One more game and into the quarter-final she goes.

It's past midnight in Japan as PV Sindhu has begun her Round of 16 match against Tomoka Miyazaki of Japan, as she aims to power through to the quarter-final. This will be her second match of the day.

India won a total of 7 medals on Day 8 i.e September 26. This included two gold medals for the men's and women's kabaddi team. This has by far been the most successful day for India at the Games so far.

In the last event of the day for India, PV Sindhu will be in action in the women's singles Round of 16 against world no.7 Tomoka Miyazaki. Earlier in the day, she defeated Piu Chin-chian in the Round of 32.

Parul Choudhary misses a medal by just one spot, as she finished fourth in the women's 1500m final with a personal best timing of 4:09.46. Pooja Olla, on the other hand, finished 6th with a timing of 4:16.78.

Kartik Unnikrishnan finished 6th with a timing of 16.02s. On the other hand, Praveen Chithravel bowed out after suffering an injury after the first attempt. A disappointing day for India as they finished with no medals in men's triple jump.

No medal for India in the men's 400m. Vishal TK finished way behind in 5th position with a timing of 45.48s.

Prachi Choudhary bags yet another athletics medal for India. In the women's 400m final, she finished third with a timing of 53.21s. She has thus bagged a bronze medal. Kiran Pahal finished in the 5th spot, with a timing of 53.41s.

Tejaswin Shankar had a strong finish to Day 1 of the men's decathlon event, after he finished third in the men's 400m - the fifth event of the decathlon. He now has a total of 4338 points, as he currently stands in the gold medal spot. Thowfeeq Nowshad is 8th with 3676 points.

After winning the silver medal in the men's 10,000m event at the Asian Games 2026, Gulveer Singh now has a shot at another medal as he has qualified for the final of the men's 1500m. Alongside him, Yoounus Shah has also qualified.

Praveen Chitravel, who was a big medal hope for India in the men's triple jump, has pulled out after the first attempt, as he injured himself. In an unfortunate turn of events, he had to leave the field on a wheelchair. We wish the Indian star a speedy recovery.

Tajinderpal Singh Toor has won the silver medal in the men's shot put category with a best throw of 20.64m in his fifth attempt. This is Toor's third consecutive Asian Games medal after his consecutive golds in 2018 and 2023.

Animesh Kujur had a major disappointment when he could not qualify for the men's 100m final. However, he has now overcome that by qualifying for the men's 200m final. He finished second in the semifinal 3, with a timing of 20.81s.

Tejaswin Shankar has proved his calibre in his strongest event in the decathlon. In the long jump he registered a best attempt of 2.18, which was the best of the lot among all athletes. He accumulated a total of 973 points in this round. His total now comes to 3343, and he is currently in the gold medal position in the men's decathlon event.

The men's triple jump final has begun. In this event, there are two Indians competing - Praveen Chithravel and Karthik Unnikrishnan. Hence, the country can hope for two more medals in athletics at this event.

Unnati Bolland finished third in the fast heats of the women's 200m, thus qualifying for the final of the event. She joins compatriot Haritha Bhadra, as India will now have a shot at a double podium finish in the event.

India will look for two more athletics medals in a single event with two stars participating in the men's shot put final. Tajinderpal Singh Toor and Karanveer Singh are taking part. Toor with a best throw of 20.26m on his second throw stands in second position.

In the women's 200m heat 2, India's Harita Bhadra finished second with a timing of 23.31. This second placed finish helped her qualify automatically for the final of the event.

Nandhini Kongan has finished her heat in the women's 100m with a timing of 13.45. She finished fourth, which enough for a fastest non-automatic qualifier position. She has this reached the final. Jyothi Yarraji, on the other hand, pulled out from her heats.

Ayush Shetty put up a great fight in Round 3 of his men's singles badminton match against Chinese Taipei's Tien-Chen Chou. However, he lost the game by a close margin of 16-21, 21-19, 17-21. He has thus crashed out of the Asian Games 2026.

The Indian men's kabaddi team have done it. They have won India their second gold medal in the sport today after the women clinched the top prize earlier in the day. They defeated Iran by a margin of 40-34 to win the top spot in the podium. This is the 9th medal for India in men's kabaddi.

It has been an even contest till half-time in the men's kabaddi final. However, it is Iran who go into the second half with a slender 1-point lead. Can India resverse this and defend their gold medal?

India 17-18 Iran

India have defeated Japan by a margin of 2-0, in what was their toughest match of the Asian Games 2026 so far against Japan. They continue their unbeaten streak so far, winning 4 games on the trot, and having already qualified for the semi-final, head into the final game of the pool stage against Bangladesh.