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India at Asian Games 2026 Archery: Today’s Results, Full Schedule and Finals Dates

India’s recurve archers won five of six matches on 29 September at the 20th Asian Games in Aichi–Nagoya, sending Dhiraj Bommadevara, Neeraj Chauhan and Kumkum Anil Mohod into the individual quarter-finals. Neeraj Chauhan’s 6–4 win over Korea’s Kim Je Deok was the headline result. India now has three compound team semi-finals, three recurve team semi-finals and five individual quarter-finals across the next four days at Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park.

India archery results today (29 September)

Three of India’s four recurve archers reached the quarter-finals; only Kirti went out, in the round of 16 against Korea’s Kang Chaeyoung.

Men’s recurve individual

ArcherRound of 32Round of 16Status
Dhiraj BommadevaraWon 6–0 vs Girvin Garcia (PHI)Won 6–2 vs Cheng Hsiang-Hui (TPE)Quarter-finals
Neeraj ChauhanWon 6–4 vs Riau Ega Agata Salsabilla (INA)Won 6–4 vs Kim Je Deok (KOR)Quarter-finals

Women’s recurve individual

ArcherRound of 32Round of 16Status
Kumkum Anil MohodWon 6–0 vs Urantungalag Bishindee (MGL)Won 6–0 vs Saima Salah Uddin (BAN)Quarter-finals
KirtiWon 7–3 vs Hoang Phuong Thao (VIE)Lost 3–7 to Kang Chaeyoung (KOR)Eliminated
  • Kumkum Anil Mohod did not drop a set all day, winning both matches 6–0.
  • Neeraj Chauhan beat Kim Je Deok by winning the deciding fifth set after Korea levelled at 4–4.
  • Dhiraj Bommadevara dropped just one set across his two matches.

Source: official Aichi–Nagoya 2026 results.

India archery schedule: 30 September to 3 October

India has 11 matches left, including six team semi-finals that each guarantee a shot at a medal. All times are IST as shown on the official results site to viewers in India (Japan is 3 hours 30 minutes ahead).

DateTimeEventRoundIndia’s match
Wed 30 Sep05:55Compound Women’s TeamSemi-finalIndia vs Korea
Wed 30 Sep07:55Compound Mixed TeamSemi-finalIndia vs Thailand
Wed 30 Sep10:55Compound Men’s TeamSemi-finalIndia vs Korea
Thu 1 Oct05:30Compound Women’s IndividualQuarter-finalChikitha Taniparthi vs Nurisa Dian Ashrifah (INA)
Thu 1 Oct09:47Compound Men’s IndividualQuarter-finalGanesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru vs Chen Chieh-lun (TPE)
Fri 2 Oct05:55Recurve Women’s TeamSemi-finalIndia vs China
Fri 2 Oct08:20Recurve Mixed TeamSemi-finalIndia vs Japan
Fri 2 Oct10:55Recurve Men’s TeamSemi-finalIndia vs Iran
Sat 3 Oct05:30Recurve Women’s IndividualQuarter-finalKumkum Anil Mohod vs Kang Chaeyoung (KOR)
Sat 3 Oct09:30Recurve Men’s IndividualQuarter-finalDhiraj Bommadevara vs Amirkhon Sadikov (UZB)
Sat 3 Oct10:15Recurve Men’s IndividualQuarter-finalNeeraj Chauhan vs Lam Dorji (BHU)

Source: official competition schedule.

Possible India finals: medal match schedule

If India’s archers keep winning, they could compete in medal matches on all four remaining days, with 10 medal sessions scheduled. Each event has two medal matches: the first is normally the bronze-medal match and the second the gold-medal final. The official schedule lists the slots but not the matchups, which depend on the semi-final results.

DateEventBronze matchGold finalIndia’s route
Wed 30 SepCompound Women’s Team06:2506:50Win or lose SF vs Korea (05:55)
Wed 30 SepCompound Mixed Team08:5009:15Win or lose SF vs Thailand (07:55)
Wed 30 SepCompound Men’s Team11:2511:50Win or lose SF vs Korea (10:55)
Thu 1 OctCompound Women’s Individual07:1407:31Chikitha Taniparthi must win QF + SF
Thu 1 OctCompound Men’s Individual11:1411:31Ganesh Mani Ratnam Thirumuru must win QF + SF
Fri 2 OctRecurve Women’s Team06:2506:50Win or lose SF vs China (05:55)
Fri 2 OctRecurve Mixed Team08:5009:15Win or lose SF vs Japan (08:20)
Fri 2 OctRecurve Men’s Team11:2511:50Win or lose SF vs Iran (10:55)
Sat 3 OctRecurve Women’s Individual07:0507:20Kumkum Anil Mohod must win QF + SF
Sat 3 OctRecurve Men’s Individual11:0511:20Dhiraj Bommadevara or Neeraj Chauhan must win QF + SF (SFs at 10:30 and 10:45)
  • Six team medals are in play: a semi-final win means a gold-medal final, a loss means a bronze-medal match.
  • Wednesday 30 September is the biggest day, with all three compound team medals decided before midday.
  • Dhiraj and Neeraj are both still in men’s recurve individual, so India could have two archers in the 3 October medal matches.

Source: official medal-session schedule.

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