The fifth day of the Asian Games 2026 started with back-to-back medal wins inside the opening three hours, with the women’s skeet team, comprising Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, and Maheshwari Chauhan, securing the bronze. This was India’s sixth medal in shooting, taking the overall medal tally to eight in this Asian Games. But the more historic moment came in soft tennis, where India secured a maiden Asiad medal as Jay Meena advanced to the semifinals in men’s singles.
More action awaits India on Day 5, with Mirabai Chanu leading hopes for her first-ever Asiad medal, while Indian men’s badminton team will take on China with the aim to at least assure themselves a silver. Asian Games 2026 Day 5 LIVE Raiza Dhillon, Parinaaz Dhaliwal, Maheshwari Chauhan win skeet women’s team BRONZE. Harshwardhan Shaktawat, Varinder Singh, L Naocha Singh Oinam, and Arun Singh qualify fir men’s kayak four 500m final after finishing third in heat 1. Harmeet Desai-Yashaswini Ghorpade beat Mohamed Ismail-Fathimath Ali of Maldives in mixed doubles round 2 match.
Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker progressed to the 10m air pistol final, but was eliminated after finishing fifth. Manu Bhaker finished fifth in 10m air pistol individual final; Suruchi Inder Singh, Esha Singh missed out in qualifiers. Balraj Panwar qualifies for men’s single sculls final after finishing fourth overall in heats Satnam Singh-Salman Khan qualify for men’s doubles sculls final after finishing fourth overall in heats. Jaswinder Singh and Nitin Kumar qualify for Final B after finishing last in Men’s Pair heats. Megha Pradeep qualifies for semifinal in women’s canoe single 200m after finishing fifth in heats Parvathy Geetha, Phairembam Soniya Devi qualify for women’s kayak double 500m final.
