Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 03:55am on 26 Sep 2026,Saturday Sports
India added two silver medals on Day 7 of the Asian Games 2026, taking its medal tally to 25. Sawan Barwal won silver in the men’s marathon with a personal-best and national-record time of 2:11:37, giving India its first Asian Games men’s marathon medal in 44 years. In shooting, Tilottama Sen, Vidarsa Vinod and Ashi Chouksey secured silver in the women’s 50m rifle 3 positions team event. Dhiraj Bommadevara also qualified for the men’s recurve gold medal match after setting an Asian Games record of 698. India’s teams advanced in fencing and canoe sprint, while Lakshya Sen lost his badminton match. (PC: NDTV)
