Asian Games Day 2: Shooters Add 3 Medals, Suchika Tariyal Wins India's First MMA Bronze by 700g Margin

Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 02:38pm on 21 Sep 2026,Monday Sports

India won four more medals on Day 2 of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, lifting its tally to six. Three came from shooting. Himanshu Dhillon took silver and Rudrankksh Patil bronze in the men's 10m air rifle, after the trio of Dhillon, Patil and Parth Mane won team silver. Suchika Tariyal became India's first Asian Games MMA medallist, but her semifinal draw against Singapore's Teo Hui Hoon was settled on weight, with Teo 700 grams lighter, sending Tariyal to bronze. India is 12th in the table without a gold. Women's hockey beat Indonesia 17-1, and badminton and table tennis teams reached the quarter-finals. (PC: India Today)

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