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Neeraj Chauhan Bronze Caps India’s Best-Ever Recurve Show in Archery
Neeraj Chauhan beat compatriot Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4 to win India’s ninth archery medal at the 2026 Asian Games.
On Saturday, Indian recurver Neeraj Chauhan won the bronze medal in the Men's Individual Recurve event at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, defeating fellow Indian Dhiraj Bommadevara 6-4.
Chauhan became the second Indian male to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games, following Tarundeep Rai in 2010, after both archers lost their respective semifinals earlier.
Neeraj clinched victory in the decisive fifth set 29-28 with a perfect 10, overcoming an early deficit to seal the 6-4 match win according to ESPN.
This bronze brought India's overall medal tally to 80, while Kumkum Mohod earlier became the first Indian woman to win an individual recurve medal at the Asian Games.
India concluded its archery campaign at the Asian Games with nine medals—five gold, two silver, and two bronze—across recurve and compound events.