Asian Games 2026 LIVE: India rises to eighth with 10 golds after golden sweep in Compound Archery on Day 11

Mixed Compound Archery Team members Chikitha Taniparthi and Sahil Jadhav who won the Gold Medal at the Asian Games at Aichi- Nagoya, Japan, September 30, 2026. | Photo Credit: R V Moorthy President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday (September 30, 2026) congratulated Indian athletes who won gold and bronze medals at the Asian Games 2026, praising their precision, teamwork, determination and grit.Also Read | Nagoya Mayor says sorry for Asian Games ‘inconveniences’Today, the Indian men’s team will take on Sri Lanka in a high-stakes semifinal encounter starting at 10:00 a.m. IST.Indian archers will be looking to secure podium finishes in the individual compound events. In the Women’s Compound Individual event, Chikitha Taniparthi will face Nurisa Dian Ashrifah in the quarterfinals at 5:30 A.M. Also Read | Asian Games 2026 medal tallyYesterday, Kynan Darius Chenai and Neeru Dhanda staged a superb comeback to beat Qatar and claim gold in the trap mixed team event. The Indian pair finished with an Asian-record score of 34, securing India’s third gold medal of the day.October 01, 2026 05:20 Asian Games 2026: India faces first big test as final spot beckonsHaving scored 49 goals so far and annihilating all opposition so far in the competition, the Indian men’s hockey team will be up against its first big challenge when it takes on Pakistan in the semifinal of the Asian Games in Gifu on Thursday (October 1, 2026)India faces first big test as final spot beckonsIndia faces first big test as final spot beckonsOctober 01, 2026 05:19 Too shy for stardom, too good to ignore: Meet Chikitha Taniparthi, Indian archery’s latest golden girlBy now, the two gold medals she has snapped up at the 2026 Asian Games have catapulted the extremely shy compound archer Chikitha Taniparthi into the national headlines. The 221-year-old – who comes from a modest farming family in Peddapalli, Telangana – is a stranger to stardom and the sprinkling of opulence that sporting achievements usually carry along in India.The Reluctant Star: Chikitha Taniparthi's journey to two Asian Games gold medalsChikitha Taniparthi’s journey from a Telangana farmer’s daughter to a double-gold archer at the 2026 Asian Games. Published - October 01, 2026 05:19 am IST