Prelims: Current events of national and international importance | Sports
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Recently, India finished the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan with a total of 85 medals, securing 4th place overall.
Major Historic Achievements
- Kumkum Anil Mohod
- She won the individual recurve gold medal.
- She became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve gold medal at the Asian Games.
The women’s recurve team won gold, ending South Korea’s 28-year dominance in the event.
- Neeru Dhanda
- She won the gold medal in trap shooting.
- This ended India’s 48-year wait for a gold medal in the event.
- Neeru Dhanda & Kynan Chenai
- They won the gold medal in mixed trap.
- They also set a new Asian record.
- Pranavi Urs
- She won India’s first-ever Asian Games gold medal in golf.
- Indian Men’s Hockey Team
- The team won the gold medal.
- They successfully defended their Asian Games title.
- They also secured qualification for the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028.
- Indian Boxing
- Indian boxers won three gold medals.
- Lovlina Borgohain became only the second Indian woman, after Mary Kom, to win an Asian Games boxing gold.
Reference
Indian Express | Asian Games 2026 Indian Medal Winners
