Asian Games 2026 live: India are chasing their first gold medal on Monday at the Asian Games 2026 in Nagoya.

India’s quest for their first gold medal at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya enters its second day on Monday after Sunday saw the female shooters deliver two silver medals. The two silver medals saw India end Sunday on 10th spot in the standings. At the top of the table, China and Japan had a haul of 20 medals each, with China’s 11 golds putting them ahead of hosts Japan (six golds).

After Elavenil Valarivan played a role in both silver medals for India on Sunday, Monday could see the male rifle shooters chase gold with Parth Rakesh Mane, Himanshu Dhillon, and Rudranksh Balasaheb Patil competing in the 10m Air Rifle Men’s qualification and team final. The big contest will be in table tennis where the Indian women’s team take on Pakistan.

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Just like yesterday, we’ll have Mihir Vasavda joining us with updates from Nagoya while our team of sports experts like Shivani Naik, Nitin Sharma, Pritish Raj, Shuvaditya Bose, Bhuvan Gupta, Amit Kamath and Nihal Koshi chipping in with updates on everything that needs to be tracked, whatever the sport may be. Scroll past the schedule for all the live updates from the sports team:

Here’s what’s coming up later in the day on Monday, September 21

Wushu | 5:30 AM: Nyeman Wangsu ends 15th in Women’s Changquan

Soft Tennis | 5:30 AM: Jay Meena and Aadhya Tiwari in Mixed Doubles group stage match

Sepaktakraw | 5:30 AM (ONGOING): Men’s Team Regu clash with Japan

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How Elavenil got her Asian Games moment: Eight years of waiting, 0.6 from gold

Elavenil’s career has often been about being close — close enough to be called India’s next big shooting star, close enough to be ranked No. 1 in the world, close enough to watch others move ahead while she waited for her moment.

Now, finally, she had an Asian Games medal around her neck. Two, actually. A team silver earlier in the day with Sonam Maskar and Vidarsa Vinod, followed by an individual silver.

For someone who was supposed to inherit the shooting revolution the likes of Abhinav Bindra and Gagan Narang helped build in the generation hers, the journey has been unusually long. Narang, now her mentor, won his first Asian Games medals in 2010 — team and individual silvers. Elavenil emerged as one of the young faces expected to carry that generation forward. Instead, she spent years watching the medals go elsewhere.

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