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Indian Contingent Faces Disappointment in Canoe Sprint at Asian Games 2026
- •India's Canoe Sprint team delivered disappointing performances on day five of the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya.
- •In the men’s kayak four 500 m final, the Indian quartet finished seventh out of nine, while the men's double 500 m duo placed ninth.
- •Megha Pradeep was eliminated in the women’s canoe single 200 m semifinal, finishing fourth, and the women’s kayak double 500 m team finished last in their semifinal.
- •Roshibina Devi secured her second consecutive silver medal in Wushu, becoming the first Indian woman to win three back-to-back Wushu medals at the Asian Games.
- •Satnam Singh and Salman Khan earned a bronze medal in the men’s double sculls final, contributing to India's total of 14 medals so far.
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The Indian canoe sprint contingent faced a difficult outing in Aichi-Nagoya, with all four boat entries missing out on medals. In the men's kayak four 500m final, the quartet finished seventh, while Gyaneshwor Singh and Raju Rawat placed ninth in the men's canoe double 500m final. In the women's events, Megha Pradeep was eliminated in the single 200m semifinal and Soniya Devi-Parvathy Geetha finished last in the kayak double 500m semifinal.
Roshibina Devi secured a silver medal in the women's sanda 60kg final after losing to China's Zhang Xiaoyu, marking her second consecutive Asian Games silver following her performance in Hangzhou. Having also won a bronze at the 2018 Games, she made history as the first Indian woman to win three back-to-back medals in Wushu at the Asian Games.
Satnam Singh and Salman Khan secured a bronze medal in the men's double sculls final, clocking a time of 6:13.25. Additionally, the women's four team comprising Gurbani Kaur, Poonam, Tendenthoi Devi Haobijam, and Aleena Anto finished sixth in their final with a time of 6:55.32.
