Asian Games close India's medals and firsts

Sep 21

DD India reports the Aichi–Nagoya closing ceremony, Neeru Dhanda as India's flag bearer and India's fourth-place finish with eighty-five medals: twenty-one gold, twenty-seven silver and thirty-seven bronze. The complete roundup recalls both hockey teams' golds and LA 2028 qualification, Kumkum Mohod's first Indian women's individual recurve gold, three golds each in shooting and boxing, Dhanda's trap first and Lovlina's birthday gold. It summarizes cricket/kabaddi double golds, twenty-four athletics medals, five national records and women's relay gold, Baranica Elangovan's first Indian women's pole-vault medal, Pranavi Sharath Urs's historic individual golf gold, Mirabai Chanu's 49-kilogram silver ending India's twenty-eight-year weightlifting podium gap, and Suchika Tariyal's MMA bronze in the sport's first Games inclusion. On-site reporter Suchitra Bhardwaj reflects on the campaign's firsts. These historical firsts and totals are DD India's account.

Suchika Tariyal wins bronze in mixed martial arts at the 2026 Asian Games. DD India's package identifies MMA's first inclusion at the Games, and its correspondent describes Tariyal's medal as a first for India. The retrieved broadcast supplies no weight class or semifinal opponent.