On October 2, India won five gold medals in wrestling, boxing and archery. Ankush Panghal, Sujit Kalkal, Lovlina Borgohain and Parveen Hooda won the final and gave gold to the country, while the women’s recurve team also created history.

Asian Games 2026. October 2 was a very special day for India in the ongoing Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. Indian players performed brilliantly in wrestling, boxing and archery in a single day. five gold medals Made your name. Of these, three gold medals came from boxing, one from wrestling and one from archery.

The biggest attraction of the day for India was in boxing, where Lovlina Borgohain, Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal Won gold medals by winning their respective final matches. In wrestling, Sujit Kalkal made a brilliant comeback and won gold. The women’s recurve team also won India’s first Asian Games gold in this event by defeating South Korea.

India’s golden hat-trick in boxing

India performed brilliantly in boxing by winning three gold medals in a single day. women first 75 kg category Lovlina Borgohain won the gold medal by defeating Bao Jiayi of China. Lovlina achieved this feat on her birthday. He won the match by a unanimous decision of 5-0.

After this, women 65 kg category Parveen Hooda won the gold medal by defeating Chen Nien-Chin of Chinese Taipei by a close decision of 3-2. There was a tough fight between the two boxers in the match, but Parveen maintained the lead at important moments.

After this men 80 kg class Ankush Panghal gave India its third boxing gold by defeating Kim Minseong of South Korea. Ankush won the match with a 4-0 decision. With this win, he became the first Indian boxer to win men’s boxing gold at the Asian Games after Amit Panghal achieved the feat in 2018.

Great comeback of Sujit Kalkal, won the final by 10-9

wrestling men 65 kg freestyle category Sujit Kalkal won the gold medal by defeating Abdulmazhid Kudiev of Tajikistan 10-9. Sujeet was trailing 4-9 at one point in the match, but he made a brilliant comeback and scored consecutive points and won the match.

This is India’s third men’s gold medal in this category at the Asian Games. Earlier, Yogeshwar Dutt and Bajrang Punia have also won gold for India in 65 kg category.

Women’s recurve team created history

in archery Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum and Kirti Sharma The Indian women’s recurve team won the gold medal by defeating South Korea 5–3 in the final. This is India’s first gold medal in the women’s recurve team event of the Asian Games.

In the recurve mixed team, the pair of Kumkum and Dheeraj Bommadevara got the silver medal.

Keep an eye on women’s hockey team also

The final match of the Indian women’s hockey team was scheduled against China on 2 October. In this match, India has a chance to win the gold medal in women’s hockey in the Asian Games. Besides, the importance of the match also increases because the hockey gold medal of the tournament Direct qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics Is connected to.

India’s lead in medal tally

There was a big increase in India’s medal count after the brilliant performance on October 2. India with five gold medals 15 gold medals Number of medals reached and total 75 It’s done. After the day’s performance, India had moved up to fifth place in the medal tally.

In this way, October 2 became one of the most successful days of the Asian Games 2026 for the Indian contingent, where the golden hat-trick of boxing, the brilliant comeback of Sujit Kalkal and the historic gold of the women’s recurve team made India’s campaign special.