Asian Games Success
Indian Mixed Doubles Pairs and Shooters Advance Successfully at Asian Games
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At the 2026 Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, India’s mixed doubles pairs Manush Shah-Diya Chitale and Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade won their Round 2 matches and advanced to the next stage. Manush and Diya defeated Sri Lanka’s Chanul Kulappuwawadu and Bimandee Swarna 3-0, while Harmeet and Yashaswini beat the Maldives’ Mohamed Ismail and Fathimath Ali. Nepal’s Evana Thapa and Rubin Maharjan also advanced after defeating Pakistan’s Muhammad Khan and Kalsum Khan 3-0, while Nepal’s Samyog Kapali and Nabita Shrestha were eliminated in the opening round.
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India’s Parvathy Geetha and Phairembam Soniya Devi reached the women’s kayak double 500m semifinals despite finishing last in Heat A in 2:02.538, 14.820 seconds behind the leaders.
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Rowers Balraj Panwar, and the pair of Satnam Singh and Salman Khan, qualified for their respective finals after strong heat performances; Panwar finished third in his single sculls heat, while Singh and Khan placed second in the doubles sculls heat.
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Manu Bhaker qualified for the women’s 10m air pistol individual final after placing third in qualification with a score of 579-20x; India’s Suruchi Inder Singh and Esha Singh did not make the final.
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India’s men’s kayak four—Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam and Arun Singh—finished third in their 500m heat and qualified for the final, while Megha Pradeep advanced to the women’s canoe single 200m semifinals.
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In swimming, Benedicton Beniston finished 13th overall in the men’s 100m butterfly and missed the final, while Sajan Prakash did not start; Vedaant Madhavan and Aneesh Sunil were sixth and fourth, respectively, in their 200m freestyle heats, with qualification still pending.
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