Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet Fire Asian Record to Win India's Second Gold at Asian Games 2026

India's shooting pair of Suruchi Singh and Kamaljeet delivered one of the standout performances of the Asian Games 2026 on Friday, winning gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event in Aichi-Nagoya with a new Asian Games record score. The duo finished the final with 484.6 points, eclipsing the previous mark of 481.3 set by Uzbekistan's Mukhammad Kamalov and Nigina Saidkulova earlier this year.

The gold is India's second of these Games, coming a day after the women's cricket team clinched the country's first, and it continues a strong showing from the shooting range at Aichi-Nagoya, where Indian pistol and rifle shooters have been among the most consistent medal contributors across recent editions of the Asian Games.

A Dominant Run to the Podium

Suruchi and Kamaljeet were in imperious form well before the final. In qualification, the pair combined for 587 points with 29 inner-10s, breaking the previous Asian Games qualifying record of 577 that had been set by India's own Sarabjot Singh and Divya Subbaraju at the Hangzhou Games in 2023. That performance put them into the final as clear favourites, and they backed it up under pressure against a strong field of Asian shooting nations.

In the gold medal match, the Indian duo held their composure to close out the contest at 484.6, comfortably ahead of South Korea's silver-winning total of 478.0. Iran took bronze with 415.8 points, while Indonesia finished fourth with 349.4 and were eliminated from medal contention.

Building India's Shooting Legacy

The win adds to a growing list of Asian Games medals for India's pistol shooters, a discipline that has become one of the country's most reliable sources of gold at multi-sport events in recent years. India's mixed team pairings across pistol and rifle events have repeatedly punched above expectations against traditionally dominant shooting nations such as China and South Korea, and Friday's Asian record suggests that trend is continuing into this edition of the Games.

For Suruchi Singh, a young shooter who has been rising through the national ranks, and Kamaljeet, this gold marks a significant career milestone on the continental stage. Both have benefited from India's structured domestic shooting circuit and improved access to high-performance training infrastructure, factors that federation officials have repeatedly pointed to as the depth the country is now showing in pistol events.

What It Means for India's Medal Tally

With India still mid-way through its campaign at Aichi-Nagoya, the gold in the 10m air pistol mixed team event gives the shooting contingent early momentum, and coaches will be hoping it sets the tone for the individual pistol events still to come, where several of India's shooters, including Suruchi Singh, remain in medal contention.

The result also reinforces the importance of the mixed team format, introduced in recent Games cycles, which has given India additional avenues to convert strong individual qualifying performances into podium finishes, particularly in shooting disciplines where the country has invested heavily in coaching and equipment upgrades over the past Olympic cycle.

As the Games progress, India's contingent will look to build on this gold across athletics, badminton, kabaddi and other shooting events still on the schedule in the coming days.

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