President Murmu hails Kumkum Mohod and Pranavi Urs for historic Asian Games 2026 golds

Key facts

• President Droupadi Murmu congratulated archer Kumkum Anil Mohod and golfer Pranavi Sharath Urs on winning gold medals on the final day of Asian Games 2026 in Japan.
• Kumkum Mohod became the first Indian to win the Recurve Women's Individual archery gold at the Asian Games, beating South Korea's Oh Yejin in a shoot-off with a perfect 10 after a 5-5 tie, and secured an Olympic quota place for India for the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
• Kumkum earlier won gold in the women's recurve team with Ankita Bhakat and Kirti Sharma and silver in mixed recurve with Dhiraj Bommadevara, making her individual gold her third medal of the Games.
• Kumkum defeated reigning world champion Kang Chaeyoung of South Korea 6-4 in the quarterfinal and China's Jingyi Zhu 6-2 in the semifinal.
• Pranavi Urs became the first Indian woman to win an individual golf gold at the Asian Games, finishing at 15-under-par 195 after 54 holes with a three-shot lead entering the final round.
• India had 76 medals (16 gold, 25 silver, 35 bronze) entering the final day, standing fifth overall, with the men's cricket team set to face Pakistan and the men's hockey team to face Malaysia in their finals.