India concluded its Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Games campaign with 85 medals, including 21 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze, finishing fourth in the overall standings. It was India’s second-best medal haul in Asian Games history, behind the record 106 medals won at Hangzhou 2023. But beyond the numbers, Aichi-Nagoya will be remembered for 22 historic firsts, national records, broken droughts and landmark performances across disciplines.

The breakthroughs began with Suchika Tariyal, who won India’s first-ever Asian Games medal in Mixed Martial Arts, followed by Jay Meena, who secured the country’s first medal in soft tennis. Rowing saw Satnam Singh and Salman Khan win India’s first Asian Games medal in men’s double sculls, while India’s men’s quadrant team created another first with a bronze in Sepaktakraw.

Shooting delivered four firsts. Maheshwari Chauhan, Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Raiza Dhillon won India’s first women’s team skeet medal, while Parinaaz Dhaliwal and Anantjeet Singh Naruka secured the country’s first mixed-team skeet medal. Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh won India’s first 10m air pistol mixed-team gold, while Kynan Chenai and Neeru Dhanda claimed the country’s first trap mixed-team gold, setting a new Asian record. Neeru then became the first Indian woman to win individual Asian Games trap gold.

Archery produced a breakthrough campaign of its own. Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti won India’s first women’s recurve team gold, while Dhiraj Bommadevara and Kumkum Mohod secured the country’s first silver in recurve mixed team. Kumkum then became the first Indian woman to win individual recurve gold. In athletics, Baranica Elangovan won India’s first Asian Games medal in women’s pole vault.

Elsewhere, Anahat Singh became the first Indian woman to reach the Asian Games women’s singles squash final and won silver. Naorem Roshibina Devi became the first Indian to win three consecutive Asian Games wushu medals, while Nethra Kumanan secured India’s first women’s dinghy sailing medal.

The historic run continued in golf and wrestling. Aditi Ashok, Pranavi Urs and Diksha Dagar won India’s first women’s team golf medal, before Pranavi Urs became the first Indian woman to win individual golf gold. Aman Sehrawat delivered India’s first Asian Games gold in men’s 57kg freestyle wrestling, while Antim Panghal became the first Indian to win silver in the women’s 53kg category. Lovlina Borgohain won India’s first women’s 75kg boxing gold. Finally, India achieved its first-ever men’s and women’s hockey gold double at the same Asian Games, with the women ending a 44-year wait and both teams securing LA 2028 Olympic qualification.

The Games also produced major performances beyond the 22 firsts. Sawan Barwal won marathon silver in 2:11:37, setting a national record and ending India’s 44-year wait for an Asian Games marathon medal. Mirabai Chanu’s silver ended a 28-year wait for India in Asian Games weightlifting. Vithya Ramraj broke a national record that had stood since 1984, while Harita Bhadra returned India to the women’s 200m podium after eight years. India’s mixed 4×100m relay also set a new national record, while the women’s 4×400m relay won gold in 3:29.69 and the men’s 4×400m relay secured bronze.

Reliance Foundation athletes were central to India’s historic campaign across shooting, athletics, boxing, badminton, squash, weightlifting and archery.
Parinaaz Dhaliwal was among the biggest RF contributors, winning two bronze medals in shooting. She partnered Maheshwari Chauhan and Raiza Dhillon for India’s first-ever women’s team skeet medal and then teamed up with Anantjeet Singh Naruka for India’s first-ever mixed-team skeet medal.

Lovlina Borgohain won gold in women’s 75kg boxing, while Mirabai Chanu claimed silver in women’s 49kg weightlifting. Anahat Singh created history with silver in women’s singles squash. In badminton, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and Kidambi Srikanth were part of India’s men’s team bronze.

Athletics produced a strong RF medal haul. Sawan Barwal won marathon silver and set a national record. Murali Sreeshankar and Ancy Sojan both won long jump silver, with Sreeshankar making it two consecutive Asian Games silver medals. Baranica Elangovan won bronze in women’s pole vault, creating another first for India.

Tejaswin Shankar added decathlon bronze with 7,934 points, while Seema won bronze in the 10,000m. Harita Bhadra won 200m bronze on her Asian Games debut and joined fellow RF athletes Animesh Kujur and Gurindervir Singh in India’s record-setting mixed 4×100m relay bronze.

Chikitha Taniparthi contributed two gold medals to India’s nine-medal archery campaign, winning both the women’s compound team and mixed compound team events.
From first-ever medals and historic golds to national records and long-awaited returns to the podium, Aichi-Nagoya 2026 gave Indian sport a campaign defined by progress, breakthrough and belief.