CM Himanta Hails India's Multi-Gold Asian Games Day
Synopsis
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma celebrated a landmark Asian Games day for India, highlighting golds in wrestling, boxing, archery, and women's hockey, alongside silvers in archery and a bronze for sailor Nethra Kumanan.
Key Takeaways
Sujeet Kalkal won gold in Men's 65kg Freestyle Wrestling at the Asian Games.
Lovlina Borgohain , Parveen Hooda , and Ankush Panghal all struck gold in boxing.
The Women's Recurve Archery Team and the Indian Women's Hockey Team also claimed gold.
Dhiraj Bommadevara earned two silvers — in the Recurve Mixed Team and Recurve Men's Team events.
Nethra Kumanan won bronze in Women's Dinghy sailing; the Men's Quadrant Team took bronze in Sepaktakraw.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma highlighted the achievements on X, with particular pride in Assam's Lovlina Borgohain .
A wrestling gold, three boxing champions, archery silver, and a historic women's hockey win — Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma captured the full sweep of India's standout day at the Asian Games in a post on X on Saturday, 3 October 2026, calling it 'a memorable day for our champions.'
Gold rush: wrestling, boxing, archery, and hockey deliver
Sujeet Kalkal opened the gold account by topping the podium in the Men's 65kg Freestyle Wrestling category — a weight class where India has historically been competitive on the continental stage. The boxing contingent then went three-for-three: Lovlina Borgohain, the Olympic medallist who has become the face of Indian women's boxing, joined Parveen Hooda and Ankush Panghal in securing gold medals for the country.
The Women's Recurve Archery Team added another gold, continuing India's growing strength in the discipline. The biggest roar of the day, however, may have belonged to the Indian Women's Hockey Team, whose gold capped a remarkable run and underlined the squad's ambitions heading into future Olympic cycles.
Borgohain, Bommadevara, and the silver contributions
Not all the glory came in gold. Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara paired up in the Recurve Mixed Team event to claim silver, while Bommadevara — remarkably — added a second silver as part of the Recurve Men's Team alongside Yashdeep Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan. It was a day that confirmed Bommadevara's status as one of India's most valuable archers at the Games.
Nethra Kumanan and a bronze in sailing and sepaktakraw
Nethra Kumanan brought home bronze in the Women's Dinghy sailing event — a discipline that still occupies a niche space in Indian sports infrastructure — marking another milestone for the sport's slow but steady rise. The Indian Men's Quadrant Team rounded out the day's haul with a bronze in Sepaktakraw, the Southeast Asian rattan-ball sport that India has increasingly invested in at the regional level.
CM Sarma's post is a reminder that political figures across India's northeast have taken particular pride in the Games, with Assam's own Lovlina Borgohain — a daughter of Golaghat district — delivering one of the most emotionally resonant golds of the campaign.
Point of View
From Assam, is among the champions. The breadth of sports represented — wrestling, boxing, archery, hockey, sailing, and sepaktakraw — signals the widening depth of India's multi-disciplinary Asian Games programme. For a convenor of the North-East Democratic Alliance, amplifying an athlete from the region is also a calibrated act of regional pride politics. The day's haul, if accurate, would mark one of India's stronger single-day performances at any Asian Games edition.
NationPress
3 Oct 2026
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Lovlina Borgohain and where is she from?
Lovlina Borgohain is an Indian boxer and Olympic bronze medallist from Golaghat district in Assam. She won a gold medal in boxing at the Asian Games as celebrated by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.
What did Sujeet Kalkal win at the Asian Games?
Sujeet Kalkal won a gold medal in the Men's 65kg Freestyle Wrestling category at the Asian Games.
How many medals did India win on this day at the Asian Games?
According to CM Sarma's post, India won six gold medals, two silver medals, and two bronze medals — a total of ten medals — on this single day at the Asian Games.
Who is Nethra Kumanan?
Nethra Kumanan is an Indian sailor who won a bronze medal in the Women's Dinghy event at the Asian Games.
What is Sepaktakraw?
Sepaktakraw is a Southeast Asian sport played with a rattan ball using the feet, knees, chest, and head. The Indian Men's Quadrant Team won a bronze medal in the discipline at these Asian Games.
