Sports · 2 October 2026
Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara claim recurve mixed team silver at Asian Games 2026 after losing final to China
Exam-focused facts from the 2 October 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara won the recurve mixed team silver at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, losing the final 3-5 to China on Friday.
- India fought back from a 0-4 deficit, winning the third set and tying the fourth 37-37, but China's Li Mengqi hit a decisive final-arrow 10 to seal gold.
- Earlier the same morning, 17-year-old Kumkum struck the decisive 10 as India beat South Korea to win the women's recurve team gold.
- Kumkum's first five arrows in the mixed final were nine, seven, eight, eight and eight, before she recovered with 10, nine and 10; Dhiraj hit a 10 in each of the first three sets.