Baranica Elangovan wins historic bronze in women's pole vault at 2026 Asian Games

Baranica cleared a height of 4.15 metres to finish joint-third with Kazakhstan's Polina Ivanova. Both athletes cleared 4.15m and were tied on attempts, before failing to clear 4.25m.

With both athletes finishing level on their best height and attempts, Baranica and Ivanova shared the bronze medal.

The bronze marks a historic achievement for Indian athletics, with Baranica becoming the country's first Asian Games medallist in pole vault across both the men's and women's events.

Baranica Elangovans bronze medal takes Indias medal tally to 23 medals, with two gold medals, nine silver medals and 12 bronze medals.

Earlier in the day, athlete Gulveer produced a strong performance, clocking 28:29.38 to comfortably finish second in the mens 10000m event and secure India's silver medal in the event.

Manpreet Kaur also won a bronze medal in the womens shot put at the continental event. She produced her best throw of 17.17 metres in her fourth attempt to secure a place on the podium.

Shooters Kamaljeet and Suruchi Inder Singh won gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event, while Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar, Rudrankksh Patil and Niraj Kumar secured silver in the mens 50m rifle 3 positions team event.

In table tennis, Manush Shah and Diya Chitale secured bronze in mixed doubles after reaching the semi-finals, where they lost to Chinas Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha.

Indias squash mixed doubles pair of Joshana Chinappa and Velavan Senthilkumar also assured the country of a medal after progressing to the semi-finals. Abhay Singh and Anahat Singh advanced to the respective singles semi-finals.

Indias mens and womens kabaddi teams also booked their places in the finals after winning their respective semi-final matches against Thailand and Nepal.

In hockey, the Indian womens team defeated Japan 3-1 in their Pool B encounter.

Elsewhere, swimmer Rishabh Das finished sixth in the mens 200m backstroke final, while weightlifter Seram Nirupama Devi finished seventh in the womens 61kg category.Boxer Preetis Asian Games campaign ended in the round of 16 after she lost 0-5 to North Koreas Pang Chol Mi. (ANI)