India added gold medals in boxing and wrestling on Oct. 02, lifting its Asian Games Medal Tally to 75 after a day that also featured key moments in hockey and golf. The headline result came from Sujeet Kalkal, who secured India’s first wrestling gold after a dramatic 10-9 comeback against Abdulmazid Kudiev of Tajikistan.
Sujeet trailed 2-9 before mounting the late rally, with the decisive turn coming in the final stretch of the gold-medal bout. He won 10-9 and later received his gold medal in Nagoya at 16:06 IST, a reward for one of the day’s most notable Indian finishes.
In boxing, Ankush Panghal completed an Indian boxing hat-trick at the Asian Games at 15:33 IST after beating Kim Minseong in the men’s 80kg final. At the same time, Parveen Hooda won the women’s 65kg final by a 3-2 split decision against Chen Nien-Chen of Chinese Taipei. Those wins added to India’s strong medal run and gave the team another lift in the overall tally.
The day also included live action in the women’s hockey final, where Lalremsiami struck in the 10th minute to put India in the lead before the match was delayed by 45 minutes. In golf, the updates pointed to India and China in the women’s individual golf event, where Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar were part of the picture alongside other leading contenders.
For India, the bigger takeaway was simple: the medals kept coming across multiple sports, and the total kept climbing. With golds from Sujeet Kalkal and Ankush Panghal on Oct. 02, India’s Asian Games Medal Tally moved to 75 and reflected a day of steady progress rather than one isolated result.
