Asian Games medals: India wins 8 medals but remains outside top 10 as gold still eludes

Yashvir Singh, Rohit Yadav and Esha Singh NEW DELHI: India produced another strong medal haul at the 2026 Asian Games on Monday, bagging eight medals in athletics, shooting and hurling. However, the impressive collection saw no change in the overall standings, with India remaining in 12th place as the country continued to wait for another gold medal.India added four silver and four bronze medals during the day but could not add to their gold tally. After Day 9, India had 45 medals – four gold, 20 silver and 21 bronze.”The eight medals included silver medals for Yashvir Singh, Murali Sreeshankar, Gulveer Singh and Esha Singh, while Rohit Yadav, Parul Chaudhary, Vithya Ramraj and Pincky Balhara won bronze.Asian Games full coverage | Medal Tally | Schedule

Eight medals but no gold for India

India’s strongest performance was in the men’s javelin, where Yashvir and Rohit claimed double podium finishes in the absence of defending champion Neeraj Chopra.Yashvir recorded a personal best of 85.72m for silver, while Rohit won bronze with 84.35m. Sri Lanka’s Rumesh Pathirage won gold with 88.55m.Sreeshankar also won silver in the men’s long jump with 8.07m despite an injury forcing him to abandon his last two attempts. China’s Yuhao Shi won the gold with 8.17 million.Gulveer added his second silver of the Games with a personal best of 3:36.72 in the men’s 1500m, having previously finished second in the 10,000m.Parul Chaudhary won bronze in the women’s 5000m in 15:14.61 to add to the bronze she won in the 3000m steeplechase.Vithya Ramraj also took bronze in the 400m hurdles with a personal record of 54.75 seconds.

Shooting and kurash contribute to India’s tally

Esha Singh clinched silver in the women’s 25m pistol after finishing with 38 hits, as did China’s Xiao Jiaruixuan, who took the shootout gold.Pincky Balhara added bronze in the women’s kurash category up to 78 kg when she lost 0:5 to South Korea’s Sumin Mo in the semi-finals.Despite eight medals, India’s gold tally remained at four, a crucial factor in the rankings as the country ranks first in terms of gold medals.China led the way with 132 golds, followed by Japan with 41, South Korea with 21 and Uzbekistan with 12. India remained in 12th place with 45 medals, underscoring that the large number of silver and bronze medals has yet to translate into a significant rise in the rankings.

Asian Games medal tally after day 9

RankingNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal1China13253452302Japan4168631723South Korea212643904Uzbekistan121713425Kazakhstan91323456Thailand9813307N4583Iran923 Korea7551710Malaysia6391811Hong Kong512173412INDIA4202145