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India Slips to 13th in Asian Games Medal Tally Despite Five-Medal Haul; China Dominates
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News18•23-09-2026, 18:12
India Slips to 13th in Asian Games Medal Tally Despite Five-Medal Haul; China Dominates
- •India secured five medals across four disciplines, including Mirabai Chanu's silver in weightlifting, ending a 28-year drought.
- •Shooting delivered two team bronzes in skeet, marking India's first-ever skeet medal for the women's trio.
- •The men's badminton team earned a second consecutive Asian Games bronze, while Jay Meena made history with India's first soft tennis medal.
- •Mirabai Chanu lifted 198kg (87kg snatch, 111kg clean and jerk) in the 49kg event, securing silver behind North Korea's Ri Song-gum.
- •Despite the medal surge, India dropped five positions to 13th in the overall standings, while China maintained a commanding lead with 78 medals.
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Mirabai Chanu won silver in the women’s 49kg weightlifting event with a total lift of 198kg, ending a 28-year wait for an Indian weightlifting medal at the Asian Games since Karnam Malleswari’s silver in 1998.
India secured five medals on Wednesday across four disciplines, including silver in weightlifting, two bronzes in skeet shooting, a bronze in men's team badminton, and a historic bronze in soft tennis.
Jay Meena created history by winning a bronze medal in the men’s singles event, marking India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in soft tennis.
