Kumkum Mohod wins India’s first Asian Games recurve individual gold, Pranavi Urs makes golf history

Nagoya, October 3: Teenage archer Kumkum Mohod beat South Korea’s Oh Yejin in a shoot-off on Saturday to win the women’s recurve individual gold at the Asian Games 2026. No Indian woman had won a medal of any colour in the event before.

It was a day of firsts for India in Aichi-Nagoya. A few hours later, Pranavi Urs became the first Indian woman golfer to win Asian Games gold, and Aman Sehrawat added a wrestling title.

Kumkum Mohod settles the final with a 10

The final was level at 5-5 after the regulation sets. In the shoot-off, Kumkum shot a 10. Oh managed an 8.

Kumkum had already earned an Olympic quota place for India by reaching the semi-finals. It is one of two quota places on offer for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, and under the rules it belongs to the country.

Past the world champion

Earlier in the day she beat reigning world champion Kang Chaeyoung 6-4 in the quarter-final. In the semi-final she got past China’s Jingyi Zhu 6-2, with set scores of 28-27, 30-30, 29-29 and 29-28.

She opened with 9, 10 and 9 to take the first set. Both archers shot three 10s in the second, and the third was also shared, leaving Kumkum 4-2 up. She won the fourth set by a point.

This is her second gold of the Games. Kumkum won the women’s team recurve title with Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma, and took mixed team silver with Dhiraj Bommadevara on Friday.

Pranavi Urs ends 24-year wait for golf gold

At the Kasugai Country Club, Pranavi shot an even-par 70 in the final round to finish on 15-under 265, one stroke clear. China’s Yin Ruoning (67) took silver. Singapore’s Shannon Tan (68) won bronze after a play-off, as both had finished on 266.

The 23-year-old from Mysore began the day three shots ahead but lost the whole lead with a triple bogey on the third hole. She hit back with birdies on the sixth, 10th and 13th, then closed with five pars.

“I like being the first to do things. People will come along to do more but the first will always be the first,” Pranavi said. She admitted she had not slept the night before, and was not even sure she had won when the last putt dropped. “I honestly didn’t know I won until Shannon said, ‘Well done’,” she said.

It is India’s first golf gold at the Games since Shiv Kapur won the men’s individual title in 2002. Lakshman Singh had won the men’s individual gold in 1982.

Pranavi, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar also won the women’s team silver. China won the team event on 538, India were second on 546 and Chinese Taipei third on 560. Aditi shot 67 in the final round, including six birdies in a row on the back nine.

Aman Sehrawat wins 57kg wrestling gold

Aman Sehrawat beat North Korea’s Han Chong Song 11-7 in the men’s 57kg freestyle final. He led 4-1 after the first period, saw the gap cut to 7-6 with a minute left, then took his opponent down and turned him in the closing seconds. The gold upgrades the bronze he won in Hangzhou.

Antim Panghal took silver in the women’s 53kg after losing the final to Japan’s Moe Kiyooka. Deepak Punia beat Mongolia’s Gankhuyag Ganbaatar 2-1 for bronze in the men’s 97kg freestyle.

The men’s cricket team also won gold, beating Pakistan by 19 runs in the final.

India’s medal tally

India are fifth in the medal standings with 84 medals: 20 gold, 27 silver and 37 bronze. China lead with 338 medals, including 167 gold, ahead of hosts Japan and the Republic of Korea.

Asian Games 2026 medal standings: top 10