Indian archers Kushal Dalal, Rajesh Sahil Jadhav, and Ganesh Maniratnam won gold by defeating China. This is India's 10th gold at Asian Games 2026.
Indian athletes continue their brilliant performance at the 2026 Asian Games. India won the gold medal in the men's archery compound event final by defeating China.
With this historic victory, India has achieved its 10th gold medal in the 2026 Asian Games.
The trio of Kushal Dalal, Rajesh Sahil Jadhav, and Ganesh Maniratnam represented India in the final match.
The Indian team defeated the Chinese trio of Jiahao, Jinyi Liu, and Shi Jingyu in a closely contested match.
The match remained extremely exciting until the end. India scored a total of 238 points, while the Chinese team stopped at 237 points.
India captured the gold medal by defeating China by a margin of just one point.
The Chinese team had a great start in the first set and scored 60 points. Their arrow sequence was 10, X, X, X, 10, and X.
China maintained its dominance in the second set as well and obtained 60 points. During this, they scored 10, X, 10, 10, 10, and X.
In the third set, China's performance dropped slightly, and they made 59 points. Their arrow scores were 10, 9, X, 10, X, and 10.
In the fourth and final set, the Chinese team could only gather 58 points. In this, they scored 8, 10, 10, X, 10, and 10.
The Indian team scored 58 points in the first set. Kushal Dalal, Rajesh Sahil Jadhav, and Ganesh Maniratnam scored 10, 10, 9, X, 9, and 10.
India made a tremendous comeback in the second set and achieved a perfect score of 60. In this set, Indian players scored X, X, 10, 10, X, and 10.
The performance of India in the third set was also wonderful, and the team again collected 60 points. The arrow sequence was X, X, X, 10, 10, and 10.
In the fourth set, India maintained its lead and achieved 60 points. The score was X, X, 10, 10, 10, and X.
This is the 10th gold medal for India. India's dominance in archery is clearly visible in this tournament.
Earlier, the compound mixed team also performed brilliantly. They won the gold medal by defeating South Korea.
The women's compound team also won the gold medal by defeating the Chinese team.
Apart from archery, India has also achieved great success in shooting. Indian shooters won the gold medal in the mixed trap event.
These consecutive victories of India have increased the country's pride in the medal tally.
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