India wins two sailing medals at Asian Games 2026
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Aichi-Nagoya , October 2 : Indian sailors Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma won the bronze medal in the women's skiff event at the 2026 Asian Games on Thursday, adding another medal to India's sailing campaign.
The Indian pair finished fourth after nine races in the opening series with 24 net points and 28 total points. However, China, which had initially secured the third position, was subsequently disqualified, moving Harshita and Shital into the bronze-medal position.
Competing together in the 49er class, Manu and Prince produced a consistent performance throughout the event and also won one of the nine races. Their silver medal was India's first medal in sailing at the ongoing Asian Games.
WELL, WELL, WELL - A SURPRISE MEDAL TO END THE DAY! 🔥
— SPORTS ARENA🇮🇳 (@SportsArena1234) October 1, 2026
The Indian duo Shital Verma and Harshita Tomar has won🥉in Women's Skiff
They earlier finished 4th after the race but 🇨🇳 got disqualified in race 6 and 8 thus giving 🇮🇳 a bronze
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Harshita and Shital's bronze was among India's medals on Thursday. The country's medal tally also included a silver medal for Nitesh Siwach in the men's 97kg Greco-Roman wrestling category.
India's squash teams also contributed two bronze medals. The women's and men's teams finished third after losing their respective semifinal matches to Hong Kong and Malaysia.
In archery, T Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru secured another bronze medal in the men's compound individual event after defeating Vietnam's Cong Duc Dang.