India’s Kumkum Anil Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara won the silver medal in the recurve mixed team event at the Asian Games 2026 in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, after losing 3-5 to China’s Li Mengqi and Zhu Jingyi in the gold-medal match on Friday.The Indian pair made a strong comeback after falling 0-4 behind but could not complete the turnaround as China secured the final set and the gold medal.Key HighlightsKumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara won silver in recurve mixed team archery.India lost the gold-medal match 3-5 to China.China’s Li Mengqi and Zhu Jingyi won the gold.India fought back after trailing 0-4.The result added another archery medal to India’s Asian Games 2026 tally.India Stages Comeback Against ChinaIndia had a difficult start to the final, with China taking an early 4-0 lead. Kumkum and Dhiraj then fought back by winning the third set and keeping their gold-medal hopes alive.The Indian pair pushed the contest into a tense fourth set, but China held on to secure the required points. A decisive final arrow from Li Mengqi helped China close out the match 5-3.Despite missing out on gold, the silver medal marked another significant result for India’s archery campaign at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.India Adds Another Archery MedalThe mixed team silver added to India’s strong showing in archery at the 2026 Asian Games. Kumkum Mohod and Dhiraj Bommadevara had advanced to the gold-medal match after progressing through the knockout stages.India’s archers have featured prominently across both recurve and compound events at the Games, with several medals already secured.India Also Wins Men’s Recurve SilverIndia also secured a silver medal in the men’s recurve team event on Friday. Dhiraj Bommadevara, Yashdeep Bhoge and Neeraj Chauhan lost 1-5 to South Korea in the final.South Korea’s Lee Woo-seok, Kim Je-deok and Kim Woo-jin won the gold medal, giving the country its second consecutive Asian Games title in the men’s team recurve event.
