It's the Day 1 of the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan. The opening ceremony took place on September 20 with India's double Olympic medallist from Paris, Manu Bhaker, and Hangzhou Asian Games gold-winning kabaddi player Pawan Sehrawat leading the Indian contingent during the parade.
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Elavenil Valarivan secured silver in the team event before adding an individual silver later in the day. She appeared firmly on course for gold for most of the final, only to see her challenge fade in the closing stages as Japan's Hinata Taichi held her nerve to take the gold medal.
Meanwhile, MMA figheter Suchika Tariyal was at her best as she beat Mongolia's Altanchimeg Baigalmaa to confirm a medal in Women's Traditional 60kg.
Here are the results:
Shooting - Elavenil Valarivan wins silver in Women's 10m Air Rifle Individual Final
Shooting - Elavenil Valarivan, Sonam Maskar, Vidarsa Vinod win silver in Women's 10m Air Rifle Team event
Mixed Martial Arts - Suchika Tariyal beats Altanchimeg Baigalmaa (Mongolia) to confirm medal in Women's Traditional 60kg Quarterfinal.
Wushu - Suraj Singh Mayanglambam finishes 11th in Men's Changquan Final.
Teqball - Quimcy Dsouza goes down to Yuina Sakamoto (Japan) in Women's Singles Bronze Medal match.
Teqball - Quimcy Dsouza/Mohamed Anas Beg lose to Hoang Minh Tan Nguyen/Gia Ngih Trinh (Vietnam) in Mixed Doubles Bronze Medal match.
Swimming - Benediction Beniston finished 12th, and Akash Mani 23rd in Men's 100m Freestyle Heats.
Swimming - Rishabh Das finished fifth in Men's 100m Backstroke heats and qualified for the final. Utkarsh Patil finished 12th.
Table Tennis - India beat Indonesia 3-0 in Women's Team Group F match. India also beat Indonesia 3-0 in the Men's Team Group F match.
Hockey - India beat Uzbekistan 19-0 in Women's Pool B match.
Cricket - India beat Bangladesh in Women's Semifinal.
Hockey - India beat Indonesia 13-1 in Men's Pool A match.
Badminton - India beat 3-0 Kazakhstan in Women's Team first round.
Swimming - Rishab Das finishes sixth in Men's 100m Backstroke final.
Table Tennis - India beat Singapore 3-2 in Women's Team Group F match.
Wushu - Aparna loses to Sogand Sinkaeichetan (Iran) in Women's 52kg Sanda Round of 16.
Wushu - Vikrant Baliyan loses to Soheil Mousavi (Iran) in Men's 75kg Sanda Round of 16.
Table Tennis - India lose to Iran 3-0 in Men's Team Group F match.